Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fellow tribesmen in the Tsangpo valley to join the revolt. In Lhasa, monks grumbled at the religion-destroying teachings of the Red Chinese; Tibetans complained at soaring prices and the confiscation of grain and wool. The Reds applied pressure on the Dalai Lama to quiet his people. To an anxious crowd assembled in the Norbulingka gardens, the God-King said blandly: "If the Chinese Communists have come to Tibet to help us, it is most important that they should respect our social system, culture, customs and habits. If Chinese Communists do not understand the conditions and harm or injure...
...understand" what art is all about. Courses telling a person how to look at a piece of art or records explaining what it is that the hearer is hearing continue to attract large audiences and fat profits. "I want to learn to appreciate art," is a common pronouncement of anxious masses fearful whether they are not "complete" persons until they do. It is such a context that gives so great importance to the methods and approach of the Faculty of Design in its attempt to enable a student to achieve a real understanding of the visual arts...
During the month of March, 1951, the whole University seemed about to go up in flames. It was a anxious time for the Administration and many dormitory residents. On the first Saturday of the month, a Claverly Hall blaze forced students out of bed and into the street. Damages were set at $65,000 by fire marshals, who suspected that the blaze was intentionally started in a closer. Irate students blamed the University for irresponsibility in connection with the fire. Harvard, in turn, announced that it was under contract for the rooms and could take no responsibility for damages...
...last Saturday--was influenced to some degree by special circumstances. The Varsity had whipped its Clinton, S.C., hosts by 6-3 the day before and was scheduled to leave for home immediately after the second match Saturday morning. Therefore, coach Jack Barnaby said, "the boys were more anxious to hit the road than to hit the tennis ball...
Henry Heald, President of the Foundation, recently said that the grants aim at a "breakthrough" in the development of new training procedures for teachers. The Foundation is particularly anxious to help the teacher apprenticing programs...