Word: eagerness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...opponents are out to show themselves more eager to reunify Germany than he is. Adenauer's Socialist rivals (whose leader Erich Ollenhauer is going to Washington too) have switched their talk from Marx to marks to catch West Germany's huge prosperity vote, and are seeking to show themselves not so dependent on the Atlantic alliance as Adenauer is. Opinion polls indicate that they are giving Adenauer's Christian Democrats a close race-so close, in fact, that a third party seems quite likely to tip the scales in forming Germany's new government next September...
...Until he found a good big man eager to learn, Doc Hayes turned out second-rate teams in the Southwest Conference. Then Hayes spotted Krebs in a high-school all-star game, soon persuaded him and two other high-school stars from the St. Louis area to accept scholarships at S.M.U. by glowingly describing the rewards of building a winning tradition. Since then Krebs and his buddies have built tradition at a rapid clip. They won the Southwest Conference championship as sophomores and juniors, last year fought to the semifinals of the N.C.A.A. tournament before losing to top-ranked...
Hated Man. Kadar's eager mouthing of Soviet military commands and his shameless stand on deportations have made him the most hated of Hungarians. Despite frantic appeals, he has been unable to enlist the support of those non-Communist elements which backed Nagy, and though reports of new coalitions are issued from his office weekly, the voice of the Peasant leaders, the Smallholders party and the Social Democrats are silent...
...flying coattails, and provide the kind of risk-cutting insurance businessmen needed. "Our free economy," says President Smith, "is based on the confidence that comes from insurance. If it weren't for insurance, a man would be mighty reluctant to risk lending a dollar, nobody would be eager to drive a car or build a home...
Harvard's freshman basketball team lost to an eager University of New Hampshire freshman team at Durham Friday night, 87-50. Badly out-scored during the first half, the Yardlings managed to keep pace with the New Hampshire squad throughout most...