Word: eager
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...refused to be moved was U.S. Ambassador James Loeb, onetime executive secretary of Americans for Democratic Action (ADA). As a liberal democrat he was eager to see Peru show its support for the democratic principles of the Alliance for Progress, and it was he who recommended when the Peruvian junta took over that Kennedy suspend diplomatic relations and withhold aid. Washington promptly did so, partly out of fear that military brass in other Latin American countries might be tempted to follow the example of Argentina and Peru. Last week, as Peru's generals seemed in peaceful command of their...
Five Days, Five Deaths. This worked well enough so long as the post-Suez crisis shipbuilding boom held up and eager purchasers were willing to make advance payment on ships, thereby assuring Schlieker a steady cash inflow. But lately, with a decline in demand, he has been obliged to agree to payment only after delivery. Result was that the cash collected by his shipyard dropped $14.5 million this year...
...major breakthrough came in 1938, with the introduction of a system that blew high-velocity air through thin conduits, eliminating the need for bulky air ducts in air-conditioning large buildings. With postwar prosperity-and advances in metallurgy, refrigerants and technique-the window air conditioner was introduced to an eager market, and the industry...
Harvard by no means wants to quit working for the Government, but, says Pusey. "we move into the relationship, on guard and wary, filled with suspicion, ready to be helpful when we can, but at the same time eager to concede nothing to our more powerful partner. We fear that at some future time our new associate may begin to make demands upon us inconsistent with the true character of an independent university. When that time comes-perhaps we should anticipate, when those repeated times come-we wish to be able, and we firmly intend...
...rich in foreign reserves regularly deposit their dollars in London-which already seems destined to become the financial capital of the Common Market. London banks, in turn, relend the Eurodollars in Italy and Japan, where interest rates on foreign trade credits are particularly high. U.S. branch banks in Europe, eager to get into the profitable trade, have begun to court Eurodollar deposits by paying higher interest rates on them than is permissible...