Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pretty neat," Maher said. "We were all anxious to see if they played on another level...
...What are you most anxious about as you approach the presidency? What can go wrong...
...They're [Columbia] anxious to have us," said Papaioannou, who added that her husband had begun looking for possible positions in New York when she had received the Columbia offer, which was extended to her over a year...
...business. Slowly, as if they have all the time in the world (which, of course, many of them do), half a dozen inmates drift his way. One complains about missing laundry; another asks that recreational time be extended. All are polite, but none display the eagerness of someone anxious to please. Whitley, 48, listens intently, asking occasional questions in a gravelly twang. Nothing in his courteous demeanor suggests, I am the keeper, you are the kept. "You understand that even if it's a small problem, it may be the biggest problem they have," he says later...
...photographers invaded Movietown for 24 hours. They emerged with a revealing album of stars and wannabees: tots holding their 8-by-10 glossies; Harrison Ford, burned out from too many interviews; Hugh Hefner coming to the door accompanied by a Doberman. Hollywood has never looked so energetic, wealthy or anxious...