Word: eager
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...George Bush prepared to attend Emperor Hirohito's funeral in February, a top aide alerted him to a problem that would once have been considered unworthy of presidential attention. Since Japanese furniture makers are eager for tropical hardwoods, officials in western Brazil hoped that Tokyo would finance the paving of a 500-mile road that would link the Amazon to a Peruvian highway, allowing lumberers to truck their timber directly to Pacific ports. But the plan, Deputy National Security Adviser Robert Gates cautioned the President, would subject the western Amazon to more of the slash-and-burn land clearing that...
...since 1966, when an Iraqi landed in central Israel, had an Arab pilot defected to Israel. Embarrassed Syrians claimed engine trouble had forced the plane to land. The MiG was equipped with new electronics that Israeli intelligence officers were eager to inspect, and Adel seemed willing to tell all. But Jerusalem was still not happy. News that the MiG had flown undetected over Israel for seven minutes stirred a public storm of anger, and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin promised "a thorough investigation...
...show goes to New York City as OCSwill host the NEW YORK PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERDAY. This event allows students interested inpublic service opportunities in New York to cometo the city and have the day to meet informallywith representatives from over 35 non-profit andgovernment agenices. Participating agencies arevery eager to meet with Harvard students; a numberof graduating seniors who attended last year'sevents have been hired and will return to recruitothers...
Temple reconstruction was no issue until 1967, when Israel captured the Mount and the Old City. Eager to preserve peace, Israel continues to allow Muslims to administer the site. They permit no Jew or Christian to pray openly on the holy ground, nor will they consider allowing even the simplest synagogue or church. The merest hint of rebuilding the Temple is considered an outrage by the Prophet's followers, who, in the words of an official at Al Aqsa, "will defend the Islamic holy places to the last drop of their blood...
...most oil companies have seemed more eager to denounce the alternative fuels than to develop new products. Mobil has run ads attacking methanol as polluting, expensive and more dangerous than gasoline if accidentally swallowed. Although the fuel produces far fewer smog ingredients than gasoline, it releases more formaldehyde, a suspected cause of cancer. Cars would get less mileage from methanol because it burns faster than gasoline. Yet Indianapolis 500 racers have used methanol for years because it boosts horsepower and is less flammable in accidents; U.S. automakers have developed experimental cars that run on both methanol and gasoline...