Word: eager
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kennedy could have exercised world leadership if he had been in Clinton's position. I wonder the same thing myself--after all, both men carried on sexual affairs while president. What if the private lives of each had been subject to investigations by independent counsels, with an opposition Congress eager to impeach him? Heller's historical examples prove all too clearly that the sexual mores of our public officials can and should have nothing whatsoever to do with their public duties...
...Afghan desert (and getting stuck in the sand three times), Yusufzai arrived at an encampment of three tents. Polite and given to praising God in nearly every sentence, Bin Laden sipped water from a cup (he was nursing a sore throat) and nestled an AK-47 as he spoke. Eager to deny reports that he has cancer, Bin Laden said he enjoys riding horses and playing soccer, but he used a stick to walk because of a bad back. He also spends time with his three wives and children in Afghanistan. Aides say his contact with the world is limited...
...flesh may be heir to, can that information be kept secret, so that it won't be used by potential employers or insurers to deny us a job or health coverage? Or, if we let our imaginations fly, by still other types of snoops--for example, an overzealous father eager to check out the genes of a potential son-in-law, just as he once might have checked the suitor's credit rating...
...Lott's plan would allow the wavering Senate to get the trial over with quickly and push the whole complicated mess into the history books by mid-month. Since Lott already sees that the Senate is almost certain to acquit, he's eager to minimize the damage to Senate Republicans that would be caused by a prolonged march toward a Clinton victory. The President's upcoming schedule is also a strong reason to speed things up. After the State of the Union speech January 19th, a forum in which he traditionally shines, Clinton will spend time touring the country memorializing...
...Clinton's, had witnesses, giving it at least the trappings of due process. Well, as McAllister points out, in 1868 there was no independent counsel. "Ken Starr's already done all the work." As for cross-examining Starr's sources, no one at either end of Pennsylvania Avenue seems eager for the chance...