Word: eager
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wouldn't Know." With his own Republican Party badly split, Romney has vitally needed Democratic votes. But the Democrats understandably were not eager to help Romney make a record that might boost him toward the White House. And they still had sad memories of how G.O.P. legislators had treated Romney's Democratic predecessors. Said a Democratic representative: "We needed Republican votes to pass Mennen Williams' and John Swainson's fiscal reform programs, but they were never forthcoming. George Romney was on the hook this time. Why should we have gotten...
...started by drunken demolition workers who had wandered into nearby bars to celebrate. After three days, the demolition site was aswarm with FBI agents and police, combing the debris for glitter. They pumped water out of the basement of the abandoned building, screening the water for baubles, while downstream, eager laborers panned for gold. They picked and they plucked and they poked. After persistent questioning, some of the demolition workers began talking, and five men were arrested. Nearly all of the loot was recovered...
Arrival & Departure. For the moment, Chief of State Minh was busy with the problems of a chaotic country. A Buddhist but eager to demonstrate his religious neutrality, he ceremonially greeted Saigon's Roman Catholic Archbishop Nguyen Van Binh on his return from Rome, also dispatched a helicopter to bring home Le Thanh Tat, chief of the eccentric Cao Dai politico-religious sect, who had been exiled in Cambodia.* The air carried an unmistakable tang of political fever. Repeatedly Big Minh assured visitors of his hope to hold elections "if possible" in six to twelve months...
...individual, Du Plessis is quite eager to discuss the great question about South Africa: When asked whether peaceful change is possible, he picked up a sheaf of papers and read a quote from Chief Albert Luthuli: "How long before, out of the depths they cry, 'If the man of peace does not prevail, give us the men of blood'?" His jaw tensed, and he read the quote again, lingering a moment on "blood." He is not optimistic that "the men of blood" can be restrained. The government's policies have annihilated the moderates like Luthuli; in its growing extremism...
...visitors have posted eight wins and a tie in nine games this year and will be eager to hurdle the last barrior on their road to an undefeated season...