Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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ECONOMIC AID. Churchill is determined not to ask for a fresh U.S. loan. But from military and economic funds already appropriated he is anxious to get some dollars. And he wants 1,500,000 tons of U.S. steel to keep Britain's economy-straining rearmament program going...
...length of his stay in England. He knew very well that a visitor who stays longer than six months in Britain must pay full British income tax (in 1947 the rate was 45%, plus surtax on incomes over $8,000. At 10 a.m. on Dec. 2, after an anxious two-day delay, he had himself flown out of England on a stretcher. Wilkie thought he had beaten the tax collector, but Britain's revenue men grabbed him, demanded...
Bolles said he was most anxious to have a rink as soon as it's feasible because the Boston Arena may fold, thus coffing off the College's main source of ice. Under such conditions, it is doubtful that the House hockey league could continue operating...
...your allowance for this gift. It's smartly styled roast holder, designed to keep the meat in place while he performs his duty as head of the house and carves it up. It keeps the roast on the table, which will win praise from mother, too, who spends anxious moments watching pop try to slice the meat which is sliping around, splashing gravy all over the table cloth. A useful and handsome gift at $3.50 in The COOP...
Both higher costs and less aid have served to create an unusual amount of financial problems this year. Her office, consequently has been swamped by anxious wives seeking part-time work. At present, the centre has a list of over three hundred women anxious to take in typing. This type of work which can be done at home is most soughtafter, but there is more than an ample number of wives willing to act as babysitters...