Word: eagerly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...every American could see what we saw. In three years the new China has eliminated inflation, famine, floods, and flies-yes, flies! The standard of living is rising 15% each year. For the first time in history, half a billion people are bursting with confidence and hope. They are eager for peace, eager for friendship and trade with our country. Should not all American citizens be encouraged to witness these phenomena...
...singing tour of Korea, Metropolitan Opera Soprano Helen Traubel was flabbergasted at the eager, enthusiastic response when she asked a G.I. audience in Seoul if she could give them "just one little Wagnerian aria." Said she: "I thought you'd prefer Betty Hutton, and I'm a far cry from that." Georgia's Governor Herman Talmadge, recently elected chairman of the Southern Governors Conference, announced that South Carolina's Governor James F. Byrnes would act as head of a conference group which will try to "present the Southern viewpoint to the nation." Said Talmadge: "Good public...
Dennis played the pivot--well, according to Missourians, and with only three minutes left in the half, the teams were tied, 21 to 21. But the Bears, eager for revenge after their football defeat, spurted to a 32 to 21 halftime lead, and continued to outplay Harvard in the second half, eventually winning, 62 to 41. Dennis was high man for the varsity with 14 points, some of them jump shots from the pivot. Manning rebounded well, and blocked several shots on defense...
...subscriber "probably forever." Having been the subject of a number of TIME stories, he has come to know a number of our researchers. "I'm a great admirer of the TIME researcher," he says, "and I must have seen dozens of them. They're a most eager and sort of nice kind of girl. They believe that what they're doing is important...
...reverse it now, just to relieve coaching staffs of minor inconvenience, would have an effect far out of proportion to the benefits of things like better body-contact training. Such a move would herald the de-emphasis of de-emphasis in a way no eager alumnus could mistake. Even if the presidents limited their concessions to this one, the effect on admissions, recruiting, and the like would be incalculable...