Word: eager
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first time in history, there are more haves than have-nots in the world population. The capitalist business system that brought this about is our art form. It is no surprise then that some of the most talented and motivated young people today are eager to test their mettle, to step forward along the path that will push them furthest towards excellence. Why shirk these bigger challenges, why dodge our weightiest responsibilities, why go the toothpick route...
...Career Forum has become an easy target for students who are eager for more information and support in seeking positions outside of banking and consulting. However, the lack of representation at the fair by non-profit organizations has less to do with callousness on the part of the Office of Career Services (OCS) and everything to do with the structure of the non-profit world...
...risk of heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, hip fractures and arthritis." For older people who have done little exercise, Pilates is an excellent way to begin. More than 500 centers have opened around the country, and health clubs and gyms are adding classes in the technique for people who are eager to slow the clock--or even turn it back...
Starr's pining for the quiet life was part of his attempt to appear inoffensive, just a purveyor of evidence who is eager to retreat from Washington's partisan wars. And to the extent that he remained genial and G-rated throughout most of the day, mentioning the words sex and sexual only four times in his opening remarks and prefacing his comments deferentially with "you may disagree with me," or "I want to be fair," he succeeded. But presenting himself as the Mister Rogers of the Washington legal elite did not aid Starr in his bigger task--persuading anyone...
...Eager shoppers began hunting for Furbies over the summer--and were further inspired when Wired magazine ran a huge Furby feature in September, breeding even more TV stories. "It was incredible, all these reporters calling up and saying, 'Why is this so hot? You can't find this thing anywhere,'" says Jim Silver, publisher of Toy Book, a trade publication. "But the company hadn't even shipped any--of course they couldn't find it. It became a self-fulfilling prophecy...