Word: eager
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...neutralization is indeed to prove the ultimate formula for Southeast Asia, the Johnson Administration was not notably eager to embrace it yet. Nor was Peking, which has yet to give any shred of evidence that it is willing to relinquish its ambitions to foment "wars of liberation" throughout Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. Even apart from its evangelistic mission to win the world for Communism, neutralism seems unlikely to appeal to the aging hierarchy in Peking, which seems more than ever convinced that it needs more rather than less militancy to sustain its own revolutionary mystique at home...
Even so, the former Governor may face one of the toughest primary battles of his career. Though Detroit's popular, dynamic mayor, Jerome Cavanagh, has not yet announced his candidacy, he is eager for higher office. Michigan's Democratic machine, which favors Old-timer Williams for the Senate race, has tried to persuade Cavanagh, 37, to run instead for the governorship against George Romney, the Republican incumbent. Jerry might well face a financial problem if he opposes Soapy. Williams could probably count on the money support of the state's Democratic organization and, as heir...
Whatever their successes or failures at home, the generals have already proved universally bad news to the Communists. But not for ideological reasons; in Ghana, they despise Marxism only because it was the creed of the despised Nkrumah. The soldiers are not necessarily "conservatives." Nevertheless, they have all been eager to get on good terms with the West; in Ghana, the Central African Republic and Dahomey, they have sent home large delegations of Chinese and Russians...
...astronomy, his dedication to astronomy had begun to alarm his father, a government accountant. "How can you earn your daily bread by looking at the stars?", the elder Schmidt asked repeatedly. He was placated only by a direct appeal from University Astronomy Professor Adriaan Blaauw, who saw in the eager young student the makings of an able professional. Upon graduation in 1949, Schmidt was offered a job at the University of Leiden Observatory as an assistant to Astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort, who is famous for determining the rotation of the Milky Way galaxy as well as for his pioneer role...
...coolest reception of his tour, came a chorus of protest over a story distributed by the United States Information Service after he had left. It quoted him as saying that Pakistan was "fully aware of the threat of Communist China," whereas the regime is as eager as ever to stay chums with Peking. Humphrey subsequently denied making the statement. In India...