Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have been to win the allegiance of the fedayeen and other leftist groups that Iran's new leaders last week staged their first diplomatic extravaganza: the welcoming to Tehran of Palestine Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat. The P.L.O. trained many of Khomeini's fighters, and Arafat was anxious to cash in on the debt. Hailing the obvious, Arafat happily declared after his arrival on a Syrian jet that Khomeini's triumph had "turned upside down" the Middle East political equations (see following story). Despite Arafat's euphoria-"Today Iran, tomorrow Palestine," he declared at a news...
Egypt is understandably anxious to avoid finding itself totally isolated as a peacemaker in the Arab world, should the talks with Israel collapse. For Brown and for Carter, to whom the Secretary will report immediately on his return to Washington, the hours of talks with Sadat offered an alarming perspective on just how volatile the Middle East might be without a peace accord...
...Kurt Thomas is considered the finest male gymnast the U.S. has ever produced, and he's aiming to be the best in the world at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Anxious to avoid post-Olympic fadeout, Thomas is seeking wide exposure for his all-American good looks and the easy charm that he has shown to good advantage on talk shows with Dinah, Merv and Johnny...
...fronted the quintessential punk rock band, the now defunct Sex Pistols, and wrote most of the songs on what is arguably the greatest debut album ever, Never Mind the Bollocks. The obvious problem for an artist meeting such staggering early success is what to do next; Lydon's anxious quest for originality, for a break with his "public image," has resulted in Public Image Ltd., for the most part a hopelessly jejune effort that might leave one wondering whether Bollocks was merely a fortuity...
...months the U.S. embassy in Mexico reported nervously that Schlesinger's obstinacy was worsening the situation. Warned the embassy: "Because of the breakdown, the Mexicans have reversed their field completely on gas and oil development." The State Department and National Security Council were both anxious about Schlesinger's inflexibility and told the President so. Nonetheless, Schlesinger held to his bargaining position that the Mexican price would be unfair to U.S. and Canadian producers. That view was disputed by many, but the chief criticism of Schlesinger was that his approach was aloof and arrogant...