Word: eagerness
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...Gordon’s Vodka—check. Life-sized mummy—check? That’s an item the ladies of Kirkland F-11 can check off their list of dorm room must-haves. Thanks to Jayne F. Wolfson ’08’s eager mom, this first floor suite has become a refuge of Halloween spirit. A “Danger: Haunted House” sign beckons one inside, where hair-raising black crows haunt the ceilings and the coffee table has been taken over by candy-filled plastic pumpkins. And then, of course, there?...
...tendency for young homosexuals to come out with more ease than in the past was embraced by gays and others eager to see sexual orientation destigmatized. But for some readers, gay love now dares to speak its name too loudly--they would be more content if the closet door had never been opened...
Reed, a key Bush campaign strategist and the favorite in the 2006 race to become Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, was an obliging, even eager middleman, judging by e-mail exchanges between the two, which have been obtained by TIME. (The e-mails have attracted the interest of federal investigators already looking into whether Abramoff defrauded his Indian clients--a charge he denies.) Ten days after 9/11, for instance, Abramoff was promoting a business venture to rent cruise ships to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to billet rescue workers off New York City. Reed assured Abramoff...
...recent months Reed has mostly been on the defensive. Questions have been raised about his golfing trip with Abramoff to Scotland in 2002 and whether Reed knew that the ostensibly antigambling campaigns he waged with Abramoff were actually paid for by gambling interests eager to get rid of their competition. It is a particularly uncomfortable situation for a politician famous for his ability to rally religious conservatives. Those supporters largely dismiss the revelations as a left-wing smear, but Rusty Paul, Reed's predecessor as Georgia G.O.P. chairman, acknowledges "a lot of very nervous people around waiting for other shoes...
...more readily available and put the choice more firmly in the hands of the customer—provide yet another opponent to the success of small venues like the Brattle. Assistant Professor of VES and Comparative Literature Despina Kakoudaki, who teaches classes on film theory and history, is eager to see how the next few generations, with their extreme exposure to digital filmmaking and the internet, transform film culture. “Art house cinema has always been tied directly to college counter-culture,” says Kakoudaki, “And it all depends on whether this generation...