Word: eager
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nearly every state, Stuart Symington has a few devoted, eager backers who are ready to pledge faith and funds to his cause. Most have helped him fight his battles through administrative Washington, or watched from neutral corners while his intense drive brought stale government alive. The quality of executive drive is a tough one to merchandise from a political platform, no matter how handsome the driver. But a man who is already endowed with the negative assets and the positive cause of defense, and who is already the professionals' second choice, could reasonably see a chance to wind...
...broke at a moment when France's rightists bitterly challenged De Gaulle's offer to negotiate a cease-fire with the Algerian rebels, and when one member of the French Assembly dramatically announced that assassins had crossed the Pyrenees, eager to put a few holes in Frenchmen who were considered soft on Algeria. So many French politicians had received assassination threats that there was joking about a "Condemned-to-Death Club." One of its charter members would undoubtedly be left-wing Senator François Mitterrand, 43, a fervid anti-Gaullist and outspoken proponent of a negotiated peace...
Professor Hanfmann listed the more important areas where he feels certain Sardis excavations will eventually prove of extreme interest. "As an art historian, I am especially eager to learn more about the native school of sculpture in Sardis and feel quite hopeful that our expedition can find new examples of this style. Theologians are eager to learn more about the religious, social, and political organization of early Christian communities; Sardis is a most notable...
...billion dollar Snowy Mountains hydroelectric irrigation complex in New South Wales are, as fellow union members call them, "new blokes." Although some have slowed their work to the notorious prewar "Australian crawl," the overall impact of ambitious immigrants has been to force the Old Australians to hump harder. Eager, gifted immigrant children are grabbing top honors in Melbourne and Adelaide high schools. In Queensland, Italians have become a major factor in the sugar-cane industry. Two Dutch immigrants are marketing a new plastic film to seal the bottom of sheep-station ponds and thereby save the precious water...
...between appearance and intellect that does not exist." Mounting a crusade for Jim Babinetz, the Telegram interviewed Teacher Hilliard Anderson of Humber-crest public school, who happens to weigh 325 Ibs. Said he: "My size commands authority." The rival Toronto Star took a different tack. Since Jim is now eager to shed 60-80 Ibs., the Star hired a specialist to slim Jim, promised readers daily reports. Already Jim is down to 265 Ibs., aims to level...