Word: eagerly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Over the years, Reuther has struck all three of the Big Three, but never simultaneously. His slogan: "One at a time." This year's first objective: Ford. Reuther reasoned that Ford, running neck and neck with Chevrolet, eager to expand and preparing to make its stock available to the public this fall, would be likeliest to come to terms. Besides, strike benefits for Ford's 140,000 workers would cost less than for G.M.'s 325,000. The G.M. union contract was expiring May 29, but Reuther extended it until June 7, so that the Ford contract...
...agreed to Big Four talks "at the summit" under conditions that the Communists had previously denounced. For months, Soviet leaders had said that Big Four talks would be of little value if the Paris accords for Western European unity were ratified. But immediately after WEU ratification, they were eager to talk...
Whether impressed by Western strength, concerned by their own weaknesses, eager to ride the prevailing winds, or moved by a combination of all these factors, the Communists were acting as if they were anxious to negotiate a temporary letup in the cold war. The situation was once again fluid, and diplomacy was once again out of the trenches...
...noting similarities between youngsters in Maine and California, there are few stereotypes that could easily describe French youth. He is not a crew-cut kid with a souped-up V8. He is not a bronzed three-letter man with his steady blonde on his arm. He is not an eager-eyed young executive in a pink shirt, a dynamic young labor leader with a law-school degree, or a scholarly young physicist reporting confidently to a battery of television cameras...
...liberation policy, although he stressed that he did not think that the West should attempt liberation by armed force from outside. The Austrian treaty,* in a very real sense, liberated an area of Europe. This example might have a profound effect in making Austria's satellite neighbors more eager for freedom...