Word: eager
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There were others who fought hard, too; John Ince, for example. At one point in the fourth period, Ince, who is not always eager to mix it up with the big boys, knocked Yale's much larger Carl Bates out of bounds to give the Crimson the ball. But such positive elements were offset by other less desirable things. Some might have noticed the number of hasty shots taken by the second midfield...
...player recently pointed out that lots of good lacrosse players are just degenerating on Harvard's team and not improving because of the shortcomings of the program. Regan is very eager to change all this. He talked enthusiastically yesterday about two thing: raising funds and organizing some fall activity. He wants to start a mailing campaign to Harvard alumni who have played lacrosse in an effort to stir up some interest which might bear financial fruit. This appears to be the only way that the team will be able to get the money it so sorely needs...
ANOTHER reason that the legislation is not being enforced is that, up until March, 1969, the Congress was not eager to have it enforced. Individual Congressmen had scored with their constituents by denouncing the rioters. The substance of the legislation mattered very little. It is a case of symbolic legislation. Finally, the permanent government has opposed the legislation, especially the riders to the appropriations acts, because it would interfere with their dealings with the universities. The permanent government, with few external pressures, merely wants to get its job done, a job for which it requires a good working relationship with...
PROFESSORS ADMIT now that they had assumed the grading situation was a given. Once the students brought its inequities and tension to their attention, the professors were willing if not eager to agree to reforms which would eliminate the grievances--much as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, once awakened, realized that ROTC does not merit academic credit or any special treatment...
Think of all the ways you feel. Up. Down. Eager. Relieved. Curious. Hungry. Tired. Think of sexual ecstasy. Here we have the most intense human emotion we can feel. And it doesn't bother us to know that it's made up of the mustering of chemical stimuli, the organizing of the flow of desires...