Word: anxiously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Anxious are Japanese authorities in Shanghai to get foreigners to resume living, shopping and paying taxes in Hongkew, the recently fought-over section of the International Settlement north of Soochow Creek that has long been predominantly Japanese. Hesitant British and U. S. former residents last week studied a list of regulations and inducements, published in English at Japanese Army headquarters...
...Soviet Russia is the only state with which Germany has no desire to cooperate," declared the Chancellor, "for Soviet Russia is trying to Bolshevize the world. If England was really anxious to defend the status quo, she would energetically oppose the Bolshevization of other countries, for such Bolshevized regions are no longer self-governing states but only sections of the revolutionary Moscow centre. I know Mr. Eden does not share this view! Stalin does and openly admits it." (See p. 17.) The Chancellor, having thus pinched the sorest point he could find, devoted a conciliatory part of his speech...
...process by which Austrians began to breathe easier this week was progressive, .logical. They learned that Premier Mussolini, who is not anxious to have Germany swarm into Austria and thus jostle Italy, had inspired Dr. Schuschnigg's hurried visit to Herr Hitler. They reflected that in Jesuit-trained, rock-pious and astute Dr. Schuschnigg they have a Chancellor who could and would stand up persuasively to potent, mystic, unstable Dictator Hitler. News from London seemed to indicate chances brightening for a British-German-French-Italian understanding to uphold territorial Europe's status quo. Finally the Austrian people this...
Everybody these days seems to be concentrating on the "little man." Swimming has its little man too--he is the unsung plugger who may be depended upon the take second or third place in a meet. Too often, the crowd at a swimming meet is too anxious to applaud the brilliant winner of first place; the man who tracks a record every week. But actually, many of the greatest thrills during an aquatic evening are provided by the second and third place men fighting it out for the unheralded honors...
...petitioned for release, saying he felt much better. Rockland's officials told him that he was an incipient dementia praecox victim, warned him to withdraw his petition, threatened to have his sister sign a three-month commitment. Thoroughly alarmed, Patient Carlin loudly demanded his freedom. After three anxious days, his "sister" arrived and he was able to warn her against signing the commitment which the doctors urgently advised. After two more endless days-up at 5:30 a. m., back to a sleepless cot at 8 p. m., locked away from all telephones -his "sister" came back with...