Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Word. Speaking like a stern parent. De Gaulle refused to budge. Events of the last twelve years, during which the whims of the Assembly had toppled 25 governments, proved, said he, that Articles 14 and 21 are "indispensable." Then De Gaulle moved on to a subject the committee was anxious to hear more about-the question of the territories overseas, including the vast areas of French West Africa (see next page), French Equatorial Africa and Madagascar. For these, De Gaulle offered three choices: 1) status quo,as semi-autonomous territories; 2) integration as departments of France; or 3) some form...
...first press conference, Premier el-Kassim, 42, who sleeps on a pallet in front of his desk and is regarded as a rugged, strict and upright soldier, appeared to be anxious to show his good faith. He told of how he dreamed of wiping out corruption way back when he was in military college, of how he slowly gathered his band of followers, of how "the agents and spies" of the old regime almost caught up with him in 1956. Finally, when in early July he was ordered into Jordan to bolster King Hussein, El-Kassim "read in the eyes...
Israel was anxious for British and U.S. forces to stay where they are, convinced that Lebanon and Jordan would fall to Nasserites if the Western powers left. Israel was not particularly interested in a summit meeting. Said one Cabinet minister: "The decisions are likely to be in accordance with Big Power interests, not regional interests, and certainly not Israel's." Israel's immediate wants were simple: more arms from the West...
Published in London last week as a part of Toynbee's compilation (The Fearful Choice), the Archbishop's letter shocked many Britons. Said London's Laborite Daily Herald: "If this is the only spiritual guidance the Primate can offer anxious millions on this supreme question, he had better hold his peace or lay down his office. Clearly the Archbishop has lost faith in mankind." Many churchmen agreed. "Singularly futile, stupid and un-Christian," snapped Dr. John S. Thomson, moderator of the United Church of Canada. "There is no justification for anyone, even the Archbishop of Canterbury...
Deceptive Words. The advance-fee racket begins, explained William Parker, a onetime "salesman" who spent 2½ years in prison, when a smooth-talking salesman finds a small property owner anxious to sell out. He ridicules his victim's low asking price, insists that his agency can get much more. After determining the prospect's wealth, he then asks an advance fee of about 1% of the newly inflated asking price, pressures the hopeful property owner into signing a contract on the spot...