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Word: eagerly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...George Wharton Pepper, Senator from Pennsylvania, traveling to one of America's 48 Arcadias, sounded a keynote in the eager ears of Maine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Feathered Fowl | 4/14/1924 | See Source »

...until after the vacation may somewhat deaden the question. While if it neglected to take any action until after a new undergraduate committee was elected it would lose much of what it seeks. Hardly can it be hoped that a new and inexperienced group of undergraduates will be as eager to cooperate for mutually desired ends as is the present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO BE A COMMITTEE--! | 4/10/1924 | See Source »

...vital elements of every true extra curricular activity are first, eager, spirited competition; second, a more or less public reward. Neither of these is absolutely necessary or even necessarily desirable for the relatively few genuinely interested in whatever activity they are engaged in. These few would row even if there were no crews; they would write sonnets even if there were no Advocate. And, correspondingly, the men who are interested in the work of the Phillips Brooks House are now engaged in it, without any desire for public recognition nor for soul-hardening competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "BROOKS HOUSE CAN WAIT" | 4/8/1924 | See Source »

...celebrated his marriage to the Princess Nagako (TIME, Feb. 4) by starting a mustache. Court circles politely refer to it as the Regent's mustache, but so far it consists of only a few silky hairs. Their intense blackness makes them almost visible and the imperial barber is eager for the moment when there will be sufficient foundation for an application...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Notes, Apr. 7, 1924 | 4/7/1924 | See Source »

...imperial barber, eager for the moment to apply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: Apr. 7, 1924 | 4/7/1924 | See Source »

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