Word: anxiousness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...strands all converge. If America is truly anxious to remain free of the war at the cost of a Hitler victory--and this is the grim possibility that must be faced--then the first essential is to get rid of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, and the entire present administration as quickly as possible. Subtle suggestions of a need for "national unity" in the "crisis of civilization," which are now being employed in an apparent attempt to present America with a third term fait accompli, must be rejected. And in the meantime, those whose daily prayer it is that...
...faced old Ellison DuRant Smith may be the Senate's No. 1 mossback, but South Carolina loves him still, treasures him as a precious relic. South Carolinians affectionately acknowledge that "Cotton Ed"*opposes progress in almost every conceivable form. But by last week many veteran Smithies had become anxious over the opposition of Sixth-Term Senator Smith to a Third Term for President Roosevelt...
Since Great Britain and France seem unable to preserve unaided their glorious civilization and ours, and since the students of Harvard and the people of America do not appear anxious to follow the noble example of some members of the Faculty, we propose that the Departments of History and Government pursue their avowed ideals by jointly and formally declaring war on Germany. Philip J. Davis '43, Roger T. Fritz '43, Peter L. Simon '43, Thaddeus L. Smith...
More practical was an idea Author Dorothy Canfield Fisher had last October for a Children's Crusade. The idea came to her when a group of Vermont school children, anxious to help refugee children in war-stricken countries, sent $5.69 to her farm, asked her to spend it for them. U. S. children could learn to appreciate "the blessings they enjoy in this democratic land," Mrs. Fisher decided, by following the example of her small Vermont neighbors. So she wrote to educators in 48 States proposing that school children contribute their pennies to a fund for child victims...
...tests on this week's golfing calendar. Powerful Williams rolls into town tomorrow afternoon to do battle with the Hoddermen on Belmont, while Holy Cross and Yale follow in rapid succession on Saturday. The Crusaders should be a rather soft touch, but the Elis will be out for blood, anxious to avenge two straight lickings at the hands of Harvard...