Word: anxiously
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...serious, and rotund Mr. Moore, innocency personified, it is Senator Oliver P Loganberry, "The Watchdog of the Senate," detailed to New Orleans to investigate the machinations of the Louisiana Purchasing Company. Boss Man William Gaxton is anxious to prevent the Senator from making his investigation and attempts to sabotage shy, misogynist Oliver by filling him with "Mississippi River Water," planting Vera Zorina on his lap, and then snapshooting the scene. Baffled by Loganberry's purity, Gaxton tries again, plants Irene Bordoni in Oliver's bed, but the Senator tops his enemies again by marrying the buxom Madame Bordelaise. Louisiana triumphs...
Those in charge of both tonight's and Thursday night's blackout are anxious that the University take the drills seriously as definite contributions to the war effort. Failure to comply with the blackout regulations may result in disciplinary action, University officials added...
Reassuring several hundred Law School students, anxious over their chances in the draft, Warren A. Seavey, Bussey Professor of Law, reiterated last night that "there is no reason why law students should not become officers, if they have the physical qualifications...
...liner President Coolidge Luther Ch'en was astounded to hear over the radio that the same liner had been sent to the bottom in mid-Pacific. The time was last December 7, the place was somewhere near Samoa, land the least concerned were the five-hundred passengers who were anxious to disprove the first of the false Japanese naval claims, Ch'en stated yesterday...
...natators, anxious to rebound from the disastrous meet at Andover, had the misfortune to oppose an undefeated Exeter team. The red-and-gray swimmers were sparked by the performance of Capt. Bob Tower, who beat his mate Dick Ulen, son of the Crimson Varsity mentor, and Yardling Nathan Davis to a close victory in the 200 yard free style event...