Word: eagerly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...start of the meeting was slightly jarred by the eager-beavering of FOAdministrator Harold Stassen, who bounced around calling Democratic elders "Mr. Chairman" to the annoyance of their Republican opposite numbers, who technically still hold their congressional committee chairmanships...
Left-wing editorialists seized on Monty's remarks to create a picture of pinheaded generals eager to trigger the world into war. Result: by the time the NATO conference got under way last week, the British and the French were talking up a plan that would require NATO's commanders to consult all 14 governments before answering a Soviet attack with atomic weapons. Such a plan would leave the West helpless during the first vital hours, while the Reds could be atom-bombing at will. John Foster Dulles put forward a compromise solution that won unanimous approval...
Right-Winger Ichiro Hatoyama, a sick man eager for office, paid a high price for his Socialist support, promising to convene general elections (in which the Socialists are expected to make considerable gains) before the end of March. So Hatoyama can run little more than a caretaker government. At best, for several critical months there can be no real stability in Japan. At worst. Hatoyama and Shigemitsu may set Japan moving farther and farther from Yoshida's pro-Americanism, more and more towards neutralism...
...coat draped over a greying sling, arose on the floor of the U.S. Senate last week to hasten the moment of decision. On the previous day in the living room of his home, Joe had disclosed his intention to his lawyer. He saw censure as inevitable, and was eager to get it over with. Therefore, he said, he would move to limit debate on his censure...
McCarthy had a sound issue. He developed it recklessly and even lazily. He was, no doubt, duped by his own headlines-fed to him by eager reactionaries and defensive "liberals" eager to cover their mistakes with McCarthy's gross blunderings...