Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...actors, she said are "very tired," but "anxious to get back to work." She said the group is currently considering offers of new employment. They will remain together, she added...
...Anxious to heal the rift with Congress, Ford and Kissinger briefed nine senior Congressmen at breakfast the next day on Chile and covert affairs in general. Later, at a previously scheduled hearing on détente, Kissinger reiterated before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the intent of the CIA operation in Chile was merely to keep the Allende opposition alive and "not to destabilize or subvert" his government. Kissinger also conducted two separate briefings at the Senate. Still, Congress was neither convinced nor mollified. As the week progressed, growing numbers of Representatives and Senators called for an all-out review...
...President insisted that reports of Nixon's ill health were not a major factor ("I was more anxious to heal the nation"). He conceded that new negotiations were under way with Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski on the controversial arrangement under which Nixon would retain effective control of his tapes and presidential papers. As for the pardon, however, "there was no understanding, no deal, between me and the former President." Ford admitted that "the decision has created more antagonism than I anticipated...
Israel's old Arab enemies are anxious to continue the peace discussions inaugurated by Kissinger's Middle East shuttles earlier this year. Syria last week made new demands for Israel to continue its withdrawal from the Golan Heights. Jordan would like to start disengagement talks on the future of the West Bank, similar to those that Israel has held with Syria and Egypt...
Already, determined oarswomen are circling the Charles's shores, spinning the ergometer, and rowing every afternoon, anxious to clinch the intercollegiate woman's rowing title for the third straight year...