Word: anxiously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Soviet Government, having a monopoly of rubles in foreign countries, prices them currently at about 87? each, finds few foreigners anxious to buy. Paradoxically the Soviet Government ten-year gold ruble 7's, sold only to foreigners, have proved better investments thus far than U. S. Treasury bonds. Certain U. S. citizens intuitive enough to realize that Franklin Delano Roosevelt would take the dollar off gold, bought Soviet 1,000 gold ruble bonds in Manhattan for 514 Hoover dollars each which they can now sell for 884 Roosevelt dollars. Such transactions the Soviet Government has facilitated, thus...
...goes off to the wars again she is no longer heaven's bride except in name. Her confessor, the dreaded Fray Sebastian, discovers her state, and his holy wrath is fanned by unholy jealousy. He dedicates his life to bringing these two paramours to a dreadful death. To anxious readers it may look for a time as if he would be successful, but Author Clayton steps in manfully in time's nick, turns tables right & left, ends his romantic melodrama with a thumping Hollywooden finale...
...lives in a small house in Whitley Heights, plays much tennis. She is 22 years old, has green eyes, looks taller than her 5 ft., 4 because of her long legs. Anxious not to be thought high hat, she salts her conversation with frivolous profanity. Paramount is having her taught to tap dance so she can work in musicals...
Firing the first gun in the Summer School's drive to enroll intelligent men and women in the session commencing July 1, Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Geology and director of the Summer School, issued an invitation yesterday to "mature men and women who are anxious to keep abreast of the times...
Same day at nearby Flint, another young stunter prepared to emulate Sohn. He was Floyd Davis, 22, parachutist and sailplane enthusiast. A pilot at 16, Davis had 230 hours flying time in 1929 when airport officials had him grounded for stunting. Just reinstated, he was now anxious to test a pair of homemade wings he had spent five months constructing...