Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...permeated the sub salvage story as well. When Colby visited one news organization, he would always brag about the others that he had "locked up"--in other words, that he had convinced not to publish the story. As a result, newspapers and networks watched each other with special care, anxious for a sign that the story was about to break. There was no concern for getting the news out; the concern was with not getting scooped by the opposition. When Anderson broke the story, The Times decided the embargo was off. Later that night, as The Times readied its coverage...
...remember a single ugly moment in Stavisky--even after he has either committed suicide or been shot by a government anxious to have his secrets dies with him, he is laid out in a statuesque repose that is not dismaying. The unrelenting beauty of the film gives it almost all of its impact, you can wallow in it and you can hardly escape seduction to at least that extent. Everything is painted in pastel; Deauville and Biarritz; corks popping out of magnums of Moet & Chandon; Rolls-Royces and Hispano-Suizas; tuxedoes and boutonniere roses; country houses with immaculate lawns; Alps...
...easy season for those who make the varsity. The crew will begin racing earlier than it ever has, beginning on April 5 in San Diego. Anxious to avenge last year's defeats will be UCal. Washington and the traditionally strong Wisconsin eight...
...addition, Lauricella said, the team is anxious about putting on a good show in its spring trip to the Dominican Republic. The club will play three games, two of them against the Dominican national team...
What Congress did not foresee was the downturn in the U.S. economy. The developers have been painfully squeezed between spiraling building costs on one side and dwindling mortgage-money supplies on the other. Making matters worse, many developers were so anxious to try out their brave new ideas that they lost sight of marketing realities. To take only one example, Riverton, ten miles from Rochester, N.Y., built town houses in tight clusters surrounded by open space. But would-be home buyers in the area were not impressed by this good planning precept; they wanted separate houses with spacious yards. Says...