Word: eagerness
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...That's not nearly as many as watch American Idol or The Apprentice, but here's what makes Runway better. The contestants are experienced and mature (in Season 2, they range in age from 22 to 51, so they have their own sense of self and aesthetics, unlike the eager-to-please singbots that roll down the Idol assembly line). Runway, which gives the winner $100,000 seed money and a car, has no financial stake in the winner's future-whereas Idol signs its champ to a contract with its producer-so the judges encourage creative risks, not commercial...
...Breyer, Roberts, and Scalia all seemed to be openly hostile to FAIR’s free-speech case yesterday—suggesting that they might be eager to shoot down FAIR’s constitutional claims. And, as the dean of George Mason Law School, Daniel D. Polsby, noted in a phone interview yesterday, Souter “was not particularly interested in the Dellinger [statutory] argument...
...congressional retreat in Maryland the next day, G.O.P. leaders--eager to share blame for the party's woes--lit into White House aides, charging that members of Congress have to trek to Iraq to hear about progress there and that the Administration has been AWOL in touting the economy. Bush aides admitted they have been behind the eight ball, partly because of Hurricane Katrina, and detailed a blueprint for better communications. Bush dashed into the Rose Garden late last week to declare that the economy "continues to gain strength and momentum." The event had been thrown together so quickly that...
...this hanky-panky is spawning new industries. Lingerie boutiques are proliferating in the big cities, and last month's Sex Culture Festival in the southern city of Guangzhou attracted more than 50,000 people eager to procure the very latest in adult toys--70% of which are now manufactured in China. One of the most popular? The "erotic butterfly," specially designed for women...
...which was held last Friday at the Taubman Center. The session was led by Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston, Mayor Jerry Abramson of Louisville Metro, Ky., and Heather Campion, the group executive vice president for corporate affairs at Citizens Bank. Both Menino and Abramson stressed that business communities are eager to provide resources to benefit local communities, because it ultimately helps their business grow and assures future employees. “Ninety-nine percent of the companies out there have a social conscience,” said Menino. “You have to realize that they are eager...