Word: anxiously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Universities are anxious to be certain that what is conducted on their campuses is for the public good," said Richard G. Leahy yesterday, associate dean at Harvard for research and allied institutions...
...scuttled by Mao in 1974. In theory, at least, the document guarantees freedom of speech, assembly and religious belief, as well as freedom from arbitrary arrest. But as Peng Zhen, vice chairman of the congress, pointed out, individual rights must not infringe upon the interests of the state. Apparently anxious to avoid the spread of militant labor unions like Poland's Solidarity, the drafting committee eliminated guarantees from the old charter that gave workers the right to strike...
These regulations constitute only a small part of a massive bill designed to revamp the nation's immigration policy But Parker I. Coddington, director of governmental relation for the University, said yesterday that the bill would force Harvard to after significantly its policy about hinng faculty. "We're anxious to hire the best person available in the world." Coddington said. Under the new legislation. "If there was one qualified American, we would not be able so hire today's parallel to Einstein," he added...
...Hoffmann doesn't need formal exercise, he claims. "Lecturing is a very good way of keeping in shape. It is a huge expense of energy, and preparing for lectures is something that makes one extremely anxious, so that has some effect on one's physical form. I find that I am one of those people who can eat like a horse and never gain weight." What he really likes to do is walk. "I find that I get ideas when I walk...
...while last week, one of NASA's new customers, Telesat Canada, had some anxious moments. Both satellites were safely ejected and climbed swiftly to geostationary orbit, 22,300 miles above the equator, where they would travel in synch with the earth's rotation. But before Telesat's Anik 3-C reached its resting place over the Pacific, controllers discovered that they were unable to "talk" to the satellite on any of the programmed frequencies. The radio silence perplexed and panicked Telesat's control room on Guam. Unless Anik (Inuit for brother) accepted their commands, the controllers...