Word: eager
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nixon was so eager to recruit Jackson that he was willing to forego the gain of a Senate seat. Jackson, however, was advised by fellow Democrats that he would be foolish to surrender 16 years of seniority for the politically hazardous post of Defense Secretary, where he could become a lightning rod for criticism from his own party. Jackson withdrew a week before Nixon wanted to announce the Cabinet...
Johnson urged such a meeting, arguing that the Soviets seem genuinely eager to talk about mutual reduction in missile stockpiles, and possibly even to discuss more dramatic bilateral arms cuts. But, said Johnson, he would not go ahead without Nixon's approval. Nixon did not favor the idea, and the chances of a summit before Jan. 20 now seem remote. The two men agreed to meet at least once again before Johnson leaves office...
...this fall can be explained partly by the fact that most of the more militant blacks had tired of confronting the administration. Those who had threatened a hunger strike the previous spring were now seniors. They had been pressing Wellesley for change for three years, and they were not eager to invest time and energy in an institution in which they were to spend only one more year...
Another reason for shoddy repairs is the shortage of skilled mechanics. Few men are eager to train for the tough, grimy job, in which the rewards (an average base pay of about $150 weekly) run considerably less than those for plumbers and painters, not to mention mechanics in the aircraft and other industries. As a result, many motorists have to wait as long for an appointment with a mechanic as with an ophthalmologist or periodontist...
...OTHER ACTORS are more or less monotonic. Martin L. Kessler does nothing with the part of Robin Oakapple, the would-be do-gooder in that lingering line of n'er-do-wells, the Baronets of Ruddigore. Where he should be ridiculously eager, he is listless; where he should be bottomlessly downcast, he is listless. On the other hand, John B. McKean, who plays Oakapple's foster brother, is ceaselessly, aimlessly and rather awkwardly energetic. He is always swirling, prancing and dance-stepping. His good intentions and obvious relish for the part can neither overcome nor excuse the peculiar dialect...