Word: eagerness
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...test the manmade delicacy. All three doubted the flavor’s authenticity. One said that it was “a little bit salty, very chewy.” He suggested mixing it with some vegetables and teriyaki sauce. Some students—mostly male—were eager to try Hufu. After eating several pieces, Wen Xu ’06 said that it tasted like a “cross between a chicken and a turkey.” Others were utterly repulsed by the idea of eating pseudo-human flesh; one young woman even called...
...design a product and sell it. Craig Jenkins, a public servant who works with indigenous small businesses in northern N.S.W., explains to students the concept of business plans and what is needed to succeed. "The first 12 months is the most difficult for any business," says Jenkins, as the eager group contemplates the likely profits from its coming line of recyclable shopping bags. Motivating the town's indigenous youth requires indefatigable vigilance. Estens says there are 20 or 30 key people driving things forward in the Moree community. "There's a lot of horsepower in that group," he says...
...prospect. Nevertheless, these concerns are the products of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, not of Harvard’s lack of hospitality. In the fall, these students had nowhere to go, and Harvard offered to fill this void until the crisis had passed. Now, Tulane is able and eager to welcome these students back to its campus. The expected return to Tulane is not a perfect solution, but perfect solutions cannot reasonably be expected in the face of a catastrophe like Katrina...
...President Cheney has made so many appearances on behalf of '06 candidates that the administration has already surpassed its own contribution, at a similar point in time, for the GOP's '02 and '04 congressional campaigns. ?Next year, you're going to see the President as a strong and eager participant in campaigns for House and Senate and probably governor,? said an official familiar with his plans. ?Despite some of the polling atmospheric problems you're seeing in D.C., the President is still a tremendous draw across the country. Nobody can command the media attention that he can, and nobody...
...last fall Duque took an 18-hour flight to Manila, courtesy of Avenida International Consultants (AIC), an agency that specializes in connecting U.S. schools with Filipino teachers. AIC put him up in a five-star hotel for five days and introduced him to a stream of experienced teachers eager to work...