Word: eagerly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with the Marker. Officials of the Federazione Italiana Pesca Sportiva (Italian Sport Fishing Federation) dropped a weighted measuring line 148 ft. down into the crystal-clear water. Bucher, now 40, and eager to win back the record he once held at 98 ft., failed on his first try; the pressure dislodged his mask. After a half-hour rest, he went over the side again, close to the measuring cable. Down he went, while photographers with special equipment recorded the descent. After a long minute and 17 seconds, while anxious officials scanned the choppy water, Bucher bobbed to the surface, beaming...
...greatest expenses was the name performers they hired to stud their productions. When they had to fill up a cast they could usually find bit players who were eager to work for little or nothing, just to participate in their plays. But they usually overpaid their stars, and to have the glory of a top name on their program they would disregard their financial difficulties. Once the star was there, however, they resented his drawing the lion's share of the gate receipts...
...Senate, the division is so close that numerical control-important because it means control of Senate committees and committee chairmanships-was still in doubt long after control of the House was decided. But in the light of Eisenhower's decisive victory, many a Democrat will probably be eager to cooperate with the new Administration. Several Southern Senators, e.g., Texas Ikeman Price Daniel, who takes over Tom Connally's seat, are certain to vote like Republicans although they wear the Democratic label...
...eager beavers, said Talbott, "dress better, as do their wives. Their offices are better run, their desks are neat, they can speak quietly and get action. For the most part they are better liked by their employees. The discipline is better, and so is the morale." They live well at home (all have maids), and better on the road. Their "manners are precise and good, while the small-time president is likely to spread a whole slice of bread." They take fewer sleeping pills and less alcohol, but "can sit down and have four drinks before dinner and never show...
Several times off the Atlantic coast, he was reported missing, but the reports were merely the result of over-eager radio hams who periodically lost contact with the Miru's weak short-wave radio...