Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...harried," and in any case agreed with Klein's view of Klein. The Senator also believed that Klein had been unfairly characterized in the German press as being on trial during the Foreign Relations Committee investigation. Before Dodd went to Germany in April 1964, he was admittedly "anxious to do anything I could" to set Klein's record straight. Yet Dodd insisted that he did not make the trip as an "advocate or agent" for the lobbyist but as a fact finder for the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. Though he saw several West German officials, he said that...
Guarded Plans. Between frugging and rubbernecking, Lynda sandwiched in a picnic, slept late in the mornings and had her hair coiffed at one of Madrid's smart salons. On her public forays, she had no bravo's for the ever-present photographers and overprotective Secret Service escorts. Anxious to see Spain as a tourist instead of a celebrity, she finally had a heart-to-heart chat with Robin. Three of the Secret Service men were peeled off, and it was decided to keep her plans a little more guarded from the press, particularly the photographers, whom Senorita L.B.J...
Sukarno's speech got just five seconds of polite applause, for the delegates were anxious to get on with their business. After Sukarno left the podium and was whisked away in his motorcade, member after member took the microphone to urge Congress to "reconsider" all its previous decisions "deviating from the Constitution." The Constitution, they pointed out, does not entitle anyone to be President for life...
...magazine. More than 80% of the student body read the message. Whether they turned back to their schoolbooks is another question. After all, Hot Rod is something of a technical journal; reading it requires quite a bit of a guy's time. And because so many readers are anxious to give it their time, Robert Petersen has cannily capitalized on the pattern of its success. He has brought out nearly a dozen similar magazines and has become a millionaire ten times over. At 39, he is the sole owner of one of the largest U.S. publishing companies west...
...Twain might have taken the same level in literature that is occupied by so many of his contemporaries: Petroleum V. Nasby, Josh Billings, George Washington Cable and Bret Harte. But blandness was not in him. He was a reformer-all edges, out of patience with his times, and desperately anxious to transmit the message to all who would listen. Kaplan's book helps explain why the world is listening still...