Word: anxiousness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...take a stronger stand. The U. S. had economic weapons to force Britain to show due respect, could send naval escorts to convoy merchant ships. What if a U. S. vessel should defy British patrol boats at Gibraltar, refuse to stop and submit to a search? One steamship company, anxious to get a vessel past Gibraltar, thought of ordering its skipper to do just that-shut off all radio communication, black out and try to slip through. Such an incident might easily transcend the adventure of the City of Flint, the U. S. freighter which was captured by the Germans...
...very different lot of the unfortunate neutrals. Whether on sea or on land, they are the victims upon whom Hitler's hate and spite descends. Look at the small but ancient and historic States which lie in the North, or look again at that other group of anxious people in the Balkans or in the Danube Basin. . . . Every one of them is wondering tonight which will be the next victim on whom the criminal adventurers of Berlin will cast their rending stroke [see p.31...
Last week newspapermen were anxious to find out what the Ministry of Information would be like under this sanctimonious Scot. As head of British Broadcasting Corp. from 1922 to 1938, he raised its programs to an all-time record for dullness...
...been weak in the middle distances, but Hobie Lerner and Frank MacKechnie made out very well indeed. Lerner took a practically uncontested first in his heat in the 600 in 1:17.8. Satisfied that Lerner had overcome a tendency toward "meet-nervousness" to which he had been prone and anxious to keep him from over-strain, Jaakko scratched Lerner from the semi-finals. Although MacKechnie placed fifth in an eight man host in the same run, the finish was close enough to put him within an ace of pay time. A little more training will turn the trick...
...first year, the Bureau has already served 300 undergraduates. Although the Supervisors aim at teaching proper study habits, tutoring is given if needed. Professor Merk indicated that the Bureau is anxious to assist the student who is "willing to make an honest effort to do his own work after he has received help...