Word: anxious
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...Anxious to shore up sagging recruiting numbers, the U.S. Army says it will offer prospects a 15-month enlistment option, instead of the usual two- to six-year hitch they're currently asked to sign. But will the shorter stint really solve the Army's recruiting woes? For one thing, those 15 months come only after the recruit has completed basic and advanced individual training, which can take another three to six months depending on the job a recruit is headed for. Charles Moskos, a military sociologist at Northwestern University, argues the Army should make the commitment 15 months total...
...domestic support on the issue than on the international balance of forces that will dictate how the crisis plays out. A top delegation of European leaders, including Britain's foreign secretary Jack Straw and EU security chief Javier Solana, are expected to meet Iranian negotiators in Geneva on Wednesday, anxious to walk Tehran back from resuming uranium enrichment activities. Those are allowed under the rules of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, but the EU-3 (Britain, France and Germany), like the U.S. and Israel, suspect that Iran is taking advantage of the considerable latitude allowed by the NPT to create nuclear...
...highly inappropriate term?charming. Yes, charming ... The film's second, longer half deals with professional-level competition in the Mr. Olympia contest. The filmmakers have found an ideal protagonist ... 'the one and only' Arnold Schwarzenegger, 29, an Austrian-born U.S. citizen, six times winner of this title and anxious to retire on a seventh victory. A cool, shrewd and boyish charmer, HE EXUDES THE EASY CONFIDENCE OF A MAN WHO HAS ALWAYS KNOWN HE WILL BE A STAR OF SOME KIND (and who could, if this movie takes off, become a multimedia presence of some force) ... Arnold has a gift...
Though the odds on paper may not be in Harvard’s favor, the team is anxious for the rematch and believes that it has what it takes to pull an upset...
...Gates is anxious that the extent of his ambitions not be overstated: "Think of it as not taking over the digital ecosystem but being a prime player in that digital ecosystem." Duly noted. But the question remains: Is Microsoft about to do in the living room with the Xbox 360 what it did in the office with Windows? Will it create a technology so well positioned and well marketed and so devilishly useful that it becomes the de facto standard and creates an insanely profitable quasi-monopoly around itself? As music and movies become more and more digital, the entertainment...