Word: eagerly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...West German rearmament. For five years the debate had raged, setting German against German, until the arguments were worn to clichés and all that was left was passion. But though the Deputies' minds were made up, and the result a foregone conclusion, more than 50 eager politicians had put down their names to speak. The debate was, in effect, the last opportunity for each side to arrange the record on which West Germany's political battles will be fought for years to come. The proceedings were broadcast and televised, and the Deputies, ignoring each other, pitched...
...fall, there had been friction between Mendès and his more conservative Finance Minister. Now Mendès flatly refused him support unless Faure would "remake our old majority," i.e., get the support of the Socialists for a left-center coalition. Dutifully, Faure tried. But the Socialists, eager to campaign for higher wages in the 1956 elections without the embarrassment of having participated in a government that kept the lid on, refused him. Faure turned to the conservatives for his majority, and Mendès turned openly hostile...
...chief of state. He had made himself President for the first time in 1940, after running the country for seven years as a military dictator. Out of power from 1944 to 1952, he then took over again in a military coup, adopted the title of Provisional President. Last year, eager to drop the "provisional," he ran for President and won easily, since he was the only avowed candidate in the race...
...accord recognition for the time spent in the Tutorships. The posts could be awarded to non-tenure men on the basis of promise and be regarded as an honor and expression of confidence of the part of the Department and the University. Nonetheless, non-permanent members of the faculty, eager to move up the academic ladder, often would find their time better spent in intensive academic work, than in the heavy administrative tasks...
...British Colonial Office, eager to unite the West Indies into an economically sound federation, hoped that the Princess' visit would strengthen the West Indian loyalty to the crown. The royal family undoubtedly hoped that the trip might have some of the same effect, so to speak, on Margaret; London society insists that she is still deeply in love with R.A.F. Group Captain Peter Townsend, a war hero but a divorcé (TIME, July 20, 1953). If she decides to marry Townsend (which she will be eligible to do without the sovereign's permission after her 25th birthday...