Word: concerned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Washington, Administration officials spoke in tones of unmistakable concern. At a press conference in the State Department's second-floor auditorium, a sober Secretary of State told newsmen that the situation was "very, very serious." Next night, before the Federal Council of Churches in the echoing Gothic nave of Washington's great unfinished cathedral, the Secretary repeated his warnings...
Labor's candidate also gave cause for more than usual concern: witty, urbane Harold Nicolson, author (Curson: The Last Phase, The Congress of Vienna) and ex-diplomat, was a good friend of Winston Churchill, and a recent Labor convert. He campaigned on a well-bred, sporting level, emphasizing his air of mild reasonableness by saying: "I doubt whether Solomon Eagles* himself could arouse this placid community to a sense of urgency and passion...
...executive of a large manufacturing concern wrote in to say that the account of what Joe had done had made him feel fine...
...economic security and military bases were the only considerations in the Palestine issue, the United States would have a business-like argument for failing to back an effective partition. Arabia and the desert countries of the Middle East have always been of vital concern to an oil-conscious U. S. Although American oil reserves are immense, comprising thirty percent of the known supplies, the U. S. refines over sixty percent of the world's petroleum and cannot maintain this uneven balance indefinitely. With fewer new fields coming in each year, the oil market will shift away from the United States...
Loeffler's first concern on seeing the room was whether his law notes were safe. They were found intact in a water-soaked, scorelied desk...