Word: anxiously
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Washington expected any day to hear that able John J. McCloy had quit his $30,000,-a-year, tax-free post as president of the World Bank to become U.S. High Commissioner for Germany. General Clay would leave this week, whether or not the appointment was certain. He was anxious to get down to Georgia for some catfish-ing and the comforts of retirement...
...many years ago, according to a Burmese anecdote, a newly arrived and impeccably dressed visitor from Britain presented himself at the house of a Burmese dignitary. He was met by a bevy of lovely Burmese girls carrying bowls of water, who said a few words in their native tongue. Anxious to be agreeable, the Briton nodded, whereupon the maidens deluged him, from topper to spats, with cold water. The master of the house laughed & laughed...
...only real laughs are provided by quaint Victor Moore, who as erstwhile owner of the house clucks about among his tenants like an anxious Leghorn. The artistry of his quavering frustrations and waddling dignity make the rest of the shenanigans look plain silly...
...estimated $700,000,000 to keep the Spanish economy from going bust. His industry is near-bankrupt, railway system wrecked, food-production cut to a starvation level. Thirty-one percent of the total national revenue supports his armed forces. And a lot of people in this country have been anxious to help...
...arena of the San Francisco Stock Exchange, bulls & bears looked up from their trading last week to find 50 eager women giving them the once-over. The first women visitors ever to be permitted on the floor of the exchange, they were the first of ten tourist parties, all anxious to learn how to be good investors...