Word: eager
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...love working with younger kids...especially because they're so eager to learn, but I hope to coach college because in college you can do more with strategy," Chandler says...
Three years ago, you could count on an owlish freshman to stand up in his "Justice" class and preach the conservative line in front of 800 less-than-eager students. His audience, ranging from the disinterested to the outright hostile, frequently hissed the young libertarian when he responded to the professor's request for alternative views on the death penalty and other issues. But nearly every Tuesday and Thursday in Sanders Theater, he got up in his hallmark v-neck sweater and took on his liberal opponents...
Cavazos' problems have prompted speculation that he may soon be replaced. That seems improbable. As the Cabinet's sole Hispanic, Cavazos represents a minority group that Bush is eager to court politically. The Secretary, moreover, is anything but shy when it comes to protecting his turf. When John Chubb, an education expert from the Brookings Institution, made it known that he was in line for a White House post that would allow him to serve as a "counterpoint to the Education Department," Cavazos persuaded White House chief of staff John Sununu to quash the appointment. The country would be better...
...curriculum, including five classes each of English, math and Japanese and four of science and social studies. American students are welcome, but most of the classes will be taught in Japanese. Language was still a bit of a problem for T.M.G. tenth-grader Junich Hasebe, 15, who nonetheless seemed eager to learn about his host country. "I like America very much," he said in halting English. "Large country...
...Williams and Siegel are generals in the new radio army, there are plenty of eager lieutenants vying for attention. Mark Williams, who came to San Diego's XTRA-AM from Phoenix last July, ticks off his on-air crusades with self-promotional relish. "In Phoenix," he relates, "I killed an antiabortion bill in the house by one vote, going on the air a couple of hours before and giving out the phone numbers of undecided legislators. I also managed to put together a spousal-rape...