Word: anxiously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...voluminous report on the invasion, preparatory to taking it to Geneva. No official announcement was made but every one felt sure that the report would hold Japan guilty of aggression. The Japanese Government had not the slightest intention of modifying its Manchurian policy one iota but it was burningly anxious to know just how far the U. S. and Europe would back their "moral indignation." European reports were reassuring. British editors were as indignant as those in the U. S. but British statesmen kept very silent, anxious not to endanger their friendly relations with Japan. So did the French. French...
...with another man he lost his quiet head, went after her. The doctor discovered they were sailing on the superliner Columbia for the U. S. He tried to buy a ticket; it was too late. But the ship's doctor turned out to be an old friend. He was anxious to stay at home for one trip, glad to let Dr. Wohlmut take his place. Before the doctor could confront his errant wife his duties had begun to complicate the situation...
After five racking days of examination at the firm hands of Governor Roosevelt, a very perturbed and anxious James John ("Jimmy") Walker last week fled to the courts in an attempt to hold his job as Mayor of New York. Governor Roosevelt had not yet actually removed him but the Mayor, his counsel and most observers realized that his defense has not helped his case. On the witness stand the Mayor's wriggling and squirming under the Governor's pointed questions had made an unfavorable impression. Every ruling had gone against him. Refusing to dismiss the charges without hearing more...
...girl swimmers was the performance of several youths representing Japan. They far outclassed the U. S., whose men swimmers have won most of the events in previous Olympics. The first Japanese Olympic swimmers, competing at Antwerp in 1920, were peculiarly inept. They used an antiquated sidestroke and were anxious to learn how to do the crawl. Most Japanese athletes, other than swimmers, in the current Olympic Games have likewise been concerned with learning how to compete rather than winning prizes. Japanese skiers in the Winter Olympic Games last February amused Lake Placid school children by turning awkward somersaults over jumps...
Villain of the piece is that somewhat shopworn old devil, the Victorian Age. Monica, only daughter of anxious parents whose every nerve was strained to do the socially right thing, was in a ticklish position from the very start. By her mother, her friends, her teachers it was dinned into her marrow that the one aim in life of every nice girl was to have & hold a Husband. Potential husbands were scarce, aware of their own value, easily frightened, had to be lured with a mingled sway of coyness and charm. Had Monica only minced down the narrow, correct...