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Word: anxiously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...famed, talkative Cliveden Set and of having helped oust Anthony Eden, he favored appeasement until he lost belief in Adolf Hitler's humanity. Then he favored a British military alliance with Russia. Now he may confidently be counted in Britain's war-if-necessary party. Quick-eyed, anxious to seem hearty and flexible, eager to dispel the aura of his title by democratic .manners, expected to travel and speak more than Sir Ronald did, his assignment (in cold fact) is to follow up on the visit of King George & Queen Mary, align the U. S. as close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Off-Base | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

When the Normandie safely slipped into her French Line pier in Manhattan this week, aboard (among other anxious travelers) were Sonja Henie, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Lee Shubert, Thomas J. Watson and a small gadget. Frivolous in its grim setting, it was nonetheless welcomed in Manhattan swankshops. It was a corset...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Fillip | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

Formidable was to be the name of a 23,000-ton aircraft carrier standing ready for launching on the ways of a Belfast shipyard last week. Formidable, indeed, was the launching. As if sensing the pressure under which the had been built, anxious to get into the water as soon as possible, H. M. S. Formidable waited only for a crowd to gather, a band to tune its instruments and Lady Wood, wife of Britain's Secretary of State for Air, who was to christen the ship, to clear her throat, before slipping its poppet, breaking a cradle, careening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Formidable | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

...secret has it been that Minneapolis' Jones family was anxious to sell the thinning Journal. Nor has it been a secret that Des Moines' Cowles family, which had bought the Star in 1935 (and done well with it), has wanted a firmer foothold in Minneapolis. Last week's sale price, a reputed $2,250,000-$2,500,000, left Minneapolis (pop. 464,356) with only two daily newspapers: the all-day Tribune (circulation 148,017) and the evening Star-Journal, whose circulation will be around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Two Less | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

...theory that Stan keeps night drivers from drowsing. When a murderer last year eluded the New Jersey police and hit for the highways, Stan sounded the alarm between recordings of Mexicali Rose and The Very Thought of You; within 15 minutes a lunchwagon proprietor had the fugitive cornered. Anxious parents like to have Stan broadcast his all-is-forgiven patter to runaways. To date he has brought 17 back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Milkman Stan | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

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