Word: eagers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MISSISSIPPI (June 6). The retirement of Democrat James Eastland, 73, after 36 years in the Senate has opened the floodgates. John Stennis, 76, is Mississippi's other Senator, and the state has not seen a real race for the upper house in 31 years. Now seven eager Democrats and two Republicans are seeking Eastland's seat. The most prominent contender is Governor Cliff Finch, 51, a gladhanding populist who enjoys support among rural whites and urban blacks. But any Governor makes enemies, and three Democrats have a shot at upsetting Finch: his predecessor, former Governor Bill Waller...
...death toll from rising into the thousands. As it is, the Lunda people are terrified of reprisals if the new rebel attack on Shaba is turned back. "We want to be left in peace," says Chief Lukama, leader of a Lunda contingent that sought refuge in Zambia. "We are eager to go back home to Zaïre when it is peaceful. We don't mind Mobutu if he would just leave us alone. But he has never left our people alone...
...American owner of a high-quality shopping center, hotel or office building can find foreign investors eager to take it off his hands for a top price. The $100 million Atlanta Center office and hotel complex was begun in 1973 with a $10 million participation by Kuwaiti investors; the Kuwaitis have now bought out their American partners. Two weeks ago, a consortium of European banks paid $62.5 million for one-half ownership of Houston's tallest building, a 50-story office tower at One Shell Plaza, and the 29-story Two Shell Plaza...
...acre industrial park has been declared an international trade zone, where companies can set up assembly plants that will be exempt from U.S. customs duties so long as the products are exported. Schott's home-office executives find the Pittston employees industrious, hard working and more eager for overtime than West German workers." Company employees also feel well treated by management. Says Joe Chmiel, a foreman: "It's the best company I ever worked for. I've been here nine years and never missed a day. The pay is more than reasonable, and you can get advancement...
...longtime chairman Aubrey ("Red") Wagner, eager to expand, had put down his critics. His credo: "Our job is to provide all the power consumers need at prices they can afford." Wagner's ally on the three-man board was William Jenkins, who complained bitterly about harassment by environmentalists and quit. But Jimmy Carter felt that the TVA had lost its sense of mission. It had, he complained, "become dormant and just another power company." One result was that to fill a vacant directorship nine months ago, Carter appointed Freeman, then a principal architect of the Administration's energy...