Word: eager
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...brass band, Teddy marched up and down Massachusetts. His right hand grew half an inch with all the hearty handshaking. He clapped men on the back: "How are you, buddy?" He reduced the women to squeals of delight with his rugged good looks. He was able and eager to dance an Irish jig when the occasion demanded. He spoke of the issues in stern, confident tones. He campaigned unabashedly on the claim that his influence would be felt in Washington on his brother's New Frontier. His slogan: "He can do more for Massachusetts...
Considered Permanent. After their notably poor predictions, few scientists, friendly or otherwise, are eager to give firm estimates of how long the new radiation will last. The AEC dodges by predicting that the lowest electrons will be lost in the atmosphere in 150 days, but that some of the highest may stay up much longer. NASA estimates can be interpreted to mean that some of the highest electrons may last for 10,000 years...
...willowy women. To increase sales, he has opened wineshops in British department stores, bought up 60 small liquor shops, and opened a restaurant in Bristol with a wine card listing 1,050 choices. Harvey's of Bristol has even gone public, four years ago sold 800.000 shares to eager buyers who oversubscribed the issue...
...apocryphal story describes Dirksen on the day that he got his official car phone. Eager to show Democrat Lyndon Johnson that he too rated such privileges, Dirksen phoned Lyndon as they were both being driven from the Hill to their homes. "Hello, Lyndon," he said. "This is Everett. I'm calling you from my limousine with my new phone." There was a split-second pause. "Wait a minute, Everett," said Lyndon. ''My other phone is ringing...
With so many Englishmen eager to rent, more than a hundred companies have gone into television rentals. But because sets turn no profit until they have been rented for at least a year, large capital is required and 90% of the business is handled by six big firms. Largest of all is the pioneer in the field, Radio Rentals Ltd. Founded 32 years ago by Chairman Percy Perring-Thoms as a one-shop operation renting radios for 35? a week, Radio Rentals expanded into television just before World War II. Today the company has 750,000 subscribers and 310 sales...