Word: eager
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Democrats, on the other hand, were split by a bitter primary battle. Johnson last August defeated Faubus' personal choice for a successor, and in repeated attacks on the Faubus machine vowed to "slap the hogs away from the trough." In trouble, Johnson has not only shown himself eager to shake hands with Negroes, but has also gone hat in hand to seek Faubus' blessing. Faubus, in turn, is urging his supporters to "come to the lick log" (Arkansas argot meaning swallow your pride and back Johnson). Nonetheless, with a private poll showing Rockefeller ahead with 52% to Johnson...
...Brown is re-elected, he will encounter these same problems, but Democrats eager to inherit his seat will want to place their party -- which to voters means Brown -- in the best possible light. If Reagan is elected, Californians will simply have to do without state government for four years...
When given the choice, most Negroes are not terribly eager to live next door to the white man. Even in the 17 states and 31 cities that have enacted fair-housing codes since 1958, thousands of huge, moderately priced apartment towers are pure white. Despite a fairly large supply of open housing, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission estimates that, since 1958, fewer than 60 Negro families have moved into white areas. The Negro's desire to enjoy the superior schooling and housing of a white neighborhood is very much tempered by his fear of striking out alone...
Seeing a Cafeteria. The children, both white and black, seem to have benefited. Most of the Negroes chosen for the experiment are from good homes and have parents who are eager to enlarge their children's horizons. Initial studies suggest that the children make above-average improvement in their new schools. "The teaching here is so much better and the classes are small," says Roxbury's Lana Dabney, 16, of Brookline High School...
...left Krishnamurti where I found him, in a leather chair surrounded by students eager to impress him with their knowledge of obscure Indian cults. Not until a few days later did I realize what an impact he had made on me. I was walking through the Yard when I happened to be struck by the slender, bright-white spire of Mem Church slicing the dark sky. I stopped, looked, and tried to concentrate. "What the hell are you doing standing like a fool gazing at the sky?" I asked myself. There was an embarrassing silence. Then it started raining...