Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most of the country to accept. Second, the Russians and the Chinese have no intention of initiating a similar withdrawal. Johnson would be leaving them to carve up the world, and they are no more tender about it than the U.S. has been. They would be just as anxious to protect the rest of the world from each other's neo-colonialism as they have been to replace Western influence whereever that has flagged. Pending effective world government, the only way that any super-power will be kept from completely dominating the globe is by the effective pressure against...
...Ayub Khan and Shastri visits. Both men are critics of U.S. policy in Viet Nam. Both felt insulted and expressed their feelings vocally. Last week U.S. officials tried to soothe the pain by saying that both Shastri and Ayub would be welcome some other time; neither seemed particularly anxious to reschedule his trip. But both undoubtedly would...
They are worried sick, as usual. To hasten an investigation, the Pentagon taps General Dana Andrews who arrives with an anxious look and a portfolio full of top-brass clichés. His comely daughter (Anne Francis), as Bug's resident bunny, does what she can to assist former U.S. Intelligence Officer George Maharis, whose ticklish assignment is to save the world. Before Maharis can track down the crazed millionaire behind the bacilli scare, Florida has been decimated by botulinus. Maharis endures sundry perils prior to a climactic wrestling match in a helicopter high above Los Angeles...
Stifled by his anxious, insensitive parents, Peter gets in Dutch for driving without a license, goes on probation, ducks school, packs up his guitar and moves into a furnished room, supporting himself with a job as a dishwasher. Freedom turns out to mean long hours at low pay. While urging Julie to run away with him, he finds work at a parking lot where the boss teaches him the art of short-changing customers. At length Peter empties the cash register, jumps into a car, and goes...
...Kruming was anxious not to overlook anyone: "If there's some ravishing beauty I've missed, I'd like the Harvard boys let me know; In fact, I'd adore it", she said, and swept away...