Word: eager
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...John Bell Williams, 48, a racist Congressman who has pledged to deliver Mississippi's electoral votes to George Wallace. His new stance, Phillips hopes, could turn the trick in the Nov. 7 election by capturing the state's 185,000 Negro votes, along with those of whites eager for progress. Said one Mississippi Negro civil rights leader last week: "Don't be too surprised if we come out for Phillips...
...dreariness of the issue is matched only by its longevity. We are less than four weeks away from the fourth anniversary of the Great Harvard Sex Scandal, sparked by the Boston papers' eager if incredulous sifting of the 1963 parietals debate. Which turned into the 1964 parietals debate. Which dragged on through...
...first Harvard goal was a gift. Diminutive inside Bruce Detora, looking for a shot out in front, was fouled by an over-eager Wesleyan fullback, and the Crimson was awarded a penalty kick. Lutz Hoeppner, who normally takes the bonus shots, wasn't playing at the time, so center half Richie Hardy drew the call. Hardy, whose nonchalance is at times overwhelming, almost half-heartedly kicked the ball goalward, but it sailed past the goalie for the first Crimson tally in a week...
When Harvard scheduled Boston University to replace Tufts as this year's second football opponent, local fans cheered in eager anticipation. In place of an outmanned pushover from Medford, the Crimson was taking on a cross-Charles rival many experts were predicting to win the mythical New England championship...
...Watson asserts, only a "handful" of men now in the Houses don't want to be there, the new measure will cause no additional administration headaches. If, however, many students are eager to move but have been discouraged from applying because of uncertainty about their prospects or the attitude of the College, there will then be room in the Houses for those men previously forced to live off-campus...