Word: anxious
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fellows on the ice gave the distinct impression that they were anxious to get back to the books or bed, and the only development of real importance was what has hopefully been called a bad shoulder bruise to Lyle Guttu, who left the rink during the first period...
...members of the group were artists, lawyers and engineers in Hungary and are anxious to find employment here. Joseph Szabo, 35-year-old lawyer from Budapest, stated, "Our first job is to learn English and then to find jobs...
...neighboring Duke, Wake Forest and North Carolina State, the Chapel Hill authorities sent for Frank Joseph McGuire, blue-eyed, wavy-haired son of a New York City cop. After five years as coach at St. John's University, McGuire had a readymade network of high-school coaches anxious to ship him the fanciest talent from the basketball breeding grounds around New York...
...that it would take action against the Afro-American or Look, or permanently cancel the newsmen's passports. Nor did it threaten to impose the maximum penalty for violating passport restrictions: $2,000 fine and five years in prison. It was apparent that the State Department, though anxious to discourage other China-minded newsmen, was not eager to start a war with the U.S. press on its right to gather news...
...public pronouncements caught the headlines, but from the standpoint of future U.S.-Indian relationships, the talks between President and Prime Minister probably were more important. Ike was anxious to establish a personal relationship with the forceful Pandit; Nehru, for his part, had much to learn about the President who had just been given a resounding mandate in re-election and had used his influence so effectively in both the Suez and Hungarian crises...