Word: eagerly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Leopold is extremely eager to become again the King of the Belgians in fact as well as in name. He recently sent his and Astrid's daughter Charlotte on a triumphant tour of the country. Everywhere Charlotte was cheered wildly. But, said anti-Leopoldists, they cheered because they liked Charlotte and because she was Astrid's daughter, not because she was Leopold...
...aggressively confident expressions that politicians put on when they face a pack of reporters. They let Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas do most of the talking. Recently returned to duty after a long bout with his stomach ulcers, he was a tailor's symphony in brown, and eager to make news. Congress, he said, could adjourn by July 31 or early August at the latest. The implication was clear: Harry Truman had decided not to press for a lot of his legislation this term. There were only three "must" bills, he added cheerfully-extension of the reciprocal trade program...
...Kissing Her Now? Gradually, Shanghai's shopkeepers began to open their stores. The Communists, eager to get business started again, asked the American-owned Shanghai Power Co. to keep the doors of its collection office open even though one corner of the building was still in the line of fire of a few Nationalist snipers still fighting from the buildings along the Bund and Soochow Creek. On the third day of Communist rule, 300 truckloads of political workers and takeover officials chugged into Shanghai. One group, responsible for industry, trade, finance, postal services and telecommunications, set up offices...
...plane in New York, sought out a track where she could work the kinks out of her legs (she ran an all-star field into the ground at Los Angeles later in the week), got an unexpected welcome on her first trip to the U.S. from a swarm of eager little helpers at the track...
Luis Bello, the experienced matador, gradually becomes aware of the power of the bulls and afraid of their horns. His wariness makes him a poor fighter. A fine contrast is created between Luis and his younger brother, Pepe, a new matador who is eager to fight and does not know of fear. The spirit of the fight eventually returns to Luis and drives out the fear, but the reader is left with a vivid impression of the power of sharp horns...