Word: eagerness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gilded coach & six George V clattered to Parliament, wrapped himself in regal robes, clapped on the Empire's sparkling crown, grasped his sceptre and seated himself on Brit ain's Throne in the House of Lords. Standing in a subway crush behind the bar of the House of Lords, eager M. P.'s squashed each other in their efforts to hear His Majesty read a speech written by Scot MacDonald: "My Lords, Mem bers of the House of Commons. . . . My Government is giving particularly close attention to . . . the approaching Disarmament Conference...
...occurred alongside the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Hermes, some 50 sailors began snapping their cameras. Aware of Colonel Lindbergh's ideas on publicity, the commander of the Hermes offered to confiscate the films. Tactfully Colonel Lindbergh declined. Instead he agreed that the pictures be sold to one of the eager news services for $4,000, the proceeds to provide a bed for soldiers & sailors in the Shanghai Hospital. Only Col. Lindbergh's good friend the Times thought the pictures worth that sum. The money was paid; the Lindbergh-Hermes Memorial Bed made possible...
...certainly should be, the collection might be enlarged to include works by modern artists of permanent importance. Also modern paintings could be made available which take a long time to reach the general public through the normal course of exhibitions. These would be of great benefit to a student eager to follow in pioneer paths. If a man could come to know four paintings during the year he would have an enjoyment and undering of art as lasting as any which he could draw from an academic lecture course...
...recent issue of the CRIMSON records President Lowell's approval of Mr. Wood's letter stating that "The Harvard undergraduates, recognizing the widespread unemployment, and eager to make some contribution to benefit those out of work, etc,". Without wishing to appear like the famous dog-in-the-manager, I nevertheless question the sagacity and prudence of this step...
They had been eager, fortnight ago, to give Polish zlotys in exchange for dollar bills. But they winced last week at supplying dollar gold pieces in exchange for paper zloty. All this gold, declared the Bankers' Association of Poland in a manifesto to the public, was becoming "sterilized" in Polish pockets, socks and safety deposit boxes-a dreadful thing to have happen. When Poles continued doggedly to buy and hoard gold, the Bankers' Association warned Finance Minister Jan Pilsudski (brother of Dictator Josef) that there was but one thing to do: the State must ban gold imports into...