Word: eagerness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...held him for 24 hours. Fatherly General Abboud, after hearing the two soldiers' complaints, dismissed his No. 2 man and appointed both Shennan and Moheiddin to places on the ruling Supreme Military Council. They did good jobs: Moheiddin as Minister of Communications; taut, lithe, Eager Beaver Shennan as Minister of Local Government. But their ambitions went farther...
...most part, the clergymen were eager to learn-not that it is easy for a bishop to be told that his diction is bad, his talk diffuse, his eyes shifty, his breathing jerky, his harrumphs, ums and ahs distracting. "No. no," cried a producer as one of his pupils monotoned the words "which Thou hast ordained." "Put some feeling into it. This is God we are talking about. 'Which THOU hast ordained.' " Obediently, the pupil tried again. "All right," cried the producer, "I'll buy that...
Looking toward the 1960 Olympic Games, the U.S. mustered its best track stars at the National Amateur Athletic Union meet in Boulder, Colo., and found them good. Most impressive was the depth of U.S. track prowess: when a champion faltered, there were eager contenders ready and able to take his place. Items...
With neither side confident enough of victory to be eager for a showdown, the Strauss affair dragged on, may come to a vote before next week...
Until the birth of LIFE 23 years ago, top U.S. photographers were rare. Today, they range the earth in peace and war, catching the human face in joy and pain, laying out the world before eager eyes. Sometimes they work alone amid squalor and risk; sometimes they haunt the watering holes of wealth. Wherever they are, some 300 artist-hustlers are likely to swap fond recollections of the quiet little man who launched them: Clarence A. (for Abel) Bach, 65, founder of the first U.S. high school photo-journalism course. Last week, after 34 brilliant years at Los Angeles...