Word: eager
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Resnick so eager to die? As of last week, that question remained unanswered. He had a personal-injury insurance policy with Lloyd's of London, which would pay $50,000 in the event of his death. But it was also payable for the loss of an eye or limb. "Why would he go that far," asked his son Martin Resnick, "when he could have arranged an accident to lose an eye or limb just as easily?" Even his story of being a cancer victim did not hold up. An autopsy disclosed that he was suffering from a heart infirmity...
...housing. Then the migrants are put aboard trains for their new jobs. Last week in Cologne's massive Bahnhof arrived 1,000 Spaniards, 300 Italians, 180 Greeks, 80 Turks and a smattering of 20 other nationalities. Cried the Spaniards, as they were greeted in their native language by eager German officials: "Gracias, gracias...
Rome Adventure (Warner) is a sumptuous brochure, photographed in color and mounted on widescreen, that gives millions of eager U.S. tourists a dozen reasons why they should see Italy first...
...Andelot Belin, another Council member, noted that the city is eager to have the thirteen acres developed so that the land will be taxable. "The city needs revenue. The City fathers see all those tax dollars going up the smokestack if Harvard gets the land...
...sprinter who could push Budd to the limit is Florida A. & M. Sophomore Robert Hayes, who tied his 9.2-sec. 100-yd. record last month. Budd is eager to race. "I know I can beat Hayes's time," he says. "I'm stronger this year, and I'm much faster...