Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After narrowly missing the tournament last year, the Crimson is anxious to get on with their first postseason game in two years...
...Tutsi genocide, which many still seemed determined to carry to its end. Since then the camps have provided these groups with a base from which to wage their struggle to overthrow the Tutsi-dominated government that replaced them in Rwanda. For its part, the Rwandan government has been anxious to root out the guerrillas. After several deals with Zaire to close the camps, each of which fell through, a chance for more forceful action finally arose with the plight of the Banyamulenge...
...this race. He's tough on violent criminals, calling for no quarter in sentencing--or punishing: prisons, he says, should be a deterrent, not an air-conditioned, cable-ready haven. Arguing that incumbent Joseph Biden is too liberal to represent Delaware, he hopes his own conservatism will attract voters anxious for an upset...
...Republicans vigorously pursued this open seat--a diverse district of densely populated suburbs, growing middle-class neighborhoods and rural farming communities--and are anxious to keep it. A conservative who opposes abortion rights and favors anticrime measures such as requiring criminals to pay restitution to their victims, Weller has also learned the art of constituent services. While seeking funds for a third Chicago airport on the southern edge of the district, he secured a $1 million renovation grant for Lansing's reliever airport...
...anxious to go to the football game," says first-year parent Mary Sue Woodbury, mother of Michele L. Woodbury'00. "Parents get to go for free...