Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before the bell, there was an anxious wait for 1) the payoff on a major U.S. gamble that Red China would turn down the U.N. invitation to discuss ceasefire, and 2) agreement between the U.S. and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek on defense of the offshore islands...
...juge d'instruction is usually young, inexperienced, so ill-paid that he often has no telephone or typewriter. Originally, magistrates were recruited from men of substance anxious to perform civic duty. Today, the underpaid magistrature has become the refuge of law graduates who fear failure as lawyers, and the juge d'instruction is the lowest rung on the judicial ladder. In the case of Marie Besnard, accused poisoner of 13 relatives and friends, the juge d'instruction was a 26-year-old, newly promoted from clerk, who never visited the scene of the crime, sent...
...supporting military action in defense of Formosa represents an apparent departure from the tradition of Executive power. Eisenhower was careful to state his belief that only some, not all, of the actions for which he requested approval, were inherent in his power as Commander-in-Chief. He seemed almost anxious to admit the possibility of Congressional limitations on his powers in such matters, and attitude which not many American Presidents have shown. Unquestionably Eisenhower would hope to gain prior Congressional authorization before undertaking any serious military action anywhere in the world...
Poor refereeing, which was responsible for at least eight uncalled high-sticking and slashing penalties on Northeastern's anxious but uncoordinated defensemen, encouraged the rough play which resulted in 11 additional called penalties...
...superstitious Burma, where heavenly portents are eagerly watched for, a visiting 67-man good-will cultural mission from Red China paid a call on the Rangoon Zoo. Anxious to impress the mission with the atmosphere of peaceful coexistence that pervades his particular domain, the zoo keeper thrust his arm into the cage of his gentlest lion. The lion promptly bit the intruding hand, and was driven off only by shots from the security police...