Word: covetous
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Russians who covet the atomic bomb seemed to be able to find a whole molecule of comfort in not having it. Last week the illustrated weekly Ogonek ("Glimmer") reported (in all seriousness): "In America psychiatrists are worried about a new disease called Atom Madness. Every day lunatic asylums are receiving several persons who complain that they are beginning to split. Others say that they have discovered a new bomb which will destroy the earth and all the other planets...
...putting Jack Smith* in a spot that the Sinatras, Comos and Haymeses might well covet, P & G were counting on the fact that he is so unlike them: P & G thinks teen-age fans are not much of a market for Oxydol. No dreamy, draggy stylist, Smith sings with a jaunty bounce, the result of years of having to sound cheerful too early...
...After the defeat of France in June 1940, for more than a year we stood alone. We kept nothing back in blood or effort or treasure from what has now become the common cause of more than 30 nations. We seek no territory; we covet no oilfields; we demand no bases for forces of air or of sea. We are an ancient Commonwealth dwelling and wishing to dwell at peace within our own habitations. . . . We have given and shall continue to give everything we have...
...have on several occasions announced I was not a candidate for the position. ... To make my position unequivocal ... I do not covet it, nor would I accept...
...three great Allies are fighting this war to restrain and punish the aggression of Japan. They covet no gain and have no thought of territorial expansion...