Word: eager
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Since 1930, South America has been shaken by 39 military coups, affecting all but one (Uruguay) of the continent's ten principal countries. But the new set of coups is significantly different. Though there were some exceptions, by and large the military men in the past were eager to return to their barracks. After, of course, they had replaced the civilian regime that they had ousted with one more to their taste. Increasingly, the more recent military leaders do not share that retiring attitude. Confident and cocky activists, they intend to hold on to the power they seize...
...more difficult-and sometimes even more expensive-to jam programs selectively than it is to send them. Western broadcasters get their programs through either by taking advantage of Soviet technical lapses or by employing classified tricks of their own. And once through the barriers, they have an eager and well-equipped audience. Short-wave transmitters are much more common in the Soviet Union than in other nations because the vast size of the nation makes short-wave transmission the most practical way to reach the entire country. Perhaps as many as 30 million receivers are now in use, and listeners...
Many Democrats have already written off Humphrey as a possible contender on two counts: both as a loser and be cause of age-he will be 61 in 1972. But Hubert, tanned, jovial and buoyant as ever, seems almost eager to face another presidential test. Last week his wife Muriel told an anecdote that does much to explain the insatiable fascination the presidency holds for men who have once made the race. At a recent White House reception for the Prime Minister of Iran, says Muriel, "Hubert held my hand as we came down the great stairs from the President...
...reason for the Russians' gingerly approach is that they face some grievous internal problems and want time to solve them. Thus, though the Kremlin rulers no longer seem particularly interested in meeting with Lyndon Johnson before he leaves office, they have let it be known that they are eager to confer with the new U.S. President. A summit meeting would help restore the international standing that the Soviet Union lost with the invasion of Czechoslovakia in August. The Russians also want to reach some sort of agreement on limiting the building of anti-missile defenses, if for no other...
Having sold the people on capitalism, the Big Board may now have to sell the capitalists on people. The surge in trading volume has swelled brokerage-house commissions, which many brokers have been more eager to pocket than to plow into necessary automation. Now, faced with a deluge of paperwork, they are taking the easy way out by turning down business from the small investor. So widespread is the move to eliminate the little man that President Robert Haack of the New York Stock Ex change, speaking to a group of civic leaders last week in Los Angeles, declared that...