Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...major corporations who fix prices to maximize their profits rather than production and employment." Even ex-Socialist Reuther knew better than that. But what was encouraging in the hassle was that both management and labor-each understandably edgy about the rising criticism of the upward spiral-were so anxious to defend their positions before the public. From such edginess could come a new caution which ultimately should benefit management, labor and the U.S. economy in general...
...nationwide strike against the regime. But long before dawn broke Wednesday, Hussein had sent loyal Bedouin troops with tanks into all the Palestinian strongkolds. Amman itself swarmed with blackened Bedouins in tanks and armored cars. Out came the demonstrators, mostly teen-age schoolboys, their teachers hustling them along like anxious sheep dogs. In the post-office square (which Americans nicknamed Riot Plaza), crowds began rhythmically clapping hands and chanting: "Down with the Eisenhower Plan!" and "Long Live Nasser!" The marchers threw stones at the police, who warded them off with basket-weave shields. After one scuffle ("I've seen...
Respecting the Spirit. From the preamble to the end of the short (1,000 words) document, it was evident that Nasser was anxious to get business, to show himself conciliatory, and to proclaim Egypt's respect for law. The document declared Egypt's "unaltered policy and firm purpose to respect the terms and the spirit of the Constantinople Convention...
...newsman said that because of the restriction "the United States has suffered a lot of embarrassment in the eyes of the world." He said that he did not think Red China would be anxious to "relieve this embarrassment...
...NEWSWEEK ED.: Got a great idea for an Easter Feature. We take the Harvard Student Council's religion report, misinterpret it, tie it up with the national religious revival, and satisfy millions of anxious mothers that their sons are secure in the faiths of their fathers, and that they have deep feeling for their Religious Heritage. We may even fill out our circulation with Saturday Evening Post readers...