Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Into a Crossfire. Perhaps the foremost obstacle to Lodge's winning the 1964 G.O.P. nomination is his present position in South Viet Nam. Last year, anxious to get back into public life, he volunteered his services to President Kennedy, specified only that he be assigned to a truly meaningful overseas post. He got South Viet Nam-which some people thought was rather cunning on Kennedy's part...
...would be if this were a world where ?7,000 or $20,000 were merely to me the sum spent on an evening party, as you put it-if that were true, I would give what I could to enable you to start a new life." Last year, still anxious for some profit, Ronald Munro sold the handwritten, four-page letter to a professional dealer. When it is sold in New York City this week, it is expected to bring at least $1,000, more than any letter from a living woman has ever previously fetched at auction...
...fastest airplane that has ever flown, and it has accumulated vast experience in Mach 3 flight. It is not an airliner itself; it carries only a three-man crew, and most of its fuselage is crammed with fuel. But the great supersonic airliners that the U.S. is anxious to start building will fly at All speed and altitude. In many vital aspects they will be the children of Kelly Johnson's latest creation...
...Everett, "feeling is very strong--we are quite anxious," one girl said. Although only half the residents had signed the petition so far, she felt sure that everyone would. (It reads "We, the undersigned, emphatically protest the inspending destruction of off-campus houses, and off-campus living...
Nicolaus emphasized that there were no political criteria for choosing among the applicants. "We welcome students of any political philosophy," he said. "We are particularly anxious to have some staunch conservatives come along...