Word: eager
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Norman Brookes, president of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association, had announced that the team (all eligible for war service) had been instructed to return home at once. But Davis Cup Captain Harry Hopman did not fall in with Sir Norman's plans. He and his teammates were eager for one last fling at tennis before returning to their regiments. Picking up a telephone, Captain Hopman spoke to authorities Down Under, received permission to remain in the U. S.' for the National matches...
Saturday's preholiday two-hour trading session showed clearly that U. S. investors were eager to cut themselves into war profits. War stocks continued to zoom and the Dow-Jones industrial average hit 137.97, helped by war babies, unhurt by nonwar stocks, which generally stood still or picked up small gains. Between 10 o'clock and noon 1,791,250 shares changed hands...
...having helped oust Anthony Eden, he favored appeasement until he lost belief in Adolf Hitler's humanity. Then he favored a British military alliance with Russia. Now he may confidently be counted in Britain's war-if-necessary party. Quick-eyed, anxious to seem hearty and flexible, eager to dispel the aura of his title by democratic .manners, expected to travel and speak more than Sir Ronald did, his assignment (in cold fact) is to follow up on the visit of King George & Queen Mary, align the U. S. as close as may be behind an Empire whose...
Nearby, Henry Lamar sends his eager boxing recruits through their paces. Lamar is a popular coach; boxing, though intramural, is a popular sport...
...eager as a dog on the scent, the professor returned to Harvard, wrote in the Alumni Bulletin that if any generous alumnus provided him with a suitable boat, he would be glad to pilot the donor over Columbus' whole route. Alumni and three foundations soon gave him a boat, sails, oils, wines, a surgical kit, heraldic designs and flags. When he sailed this week in his Capitana (named for the flagship of Columbus' third voyage), he had a few items that Columbus lacked: an auxiliary Diesel engine, a direction finder, a two-way radio set. Professor Morison headed...