Word: eagers
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State politics on both coasts got unexpected jolts last week when Massachusetts' Governor Michael Dukakis and California's George Deukmejian walked away from probable re-election victories in 1990, announcing their decisions within two days of each other. Their withdrawals set off stampedes among politicians in both states eager to, uh, duke it out to replace them...
...Trump is a tough interview," says McDowell. "He is not, by his own admission, an introspective man. Contemplating the meaning of life is not his thing." What does Trump like to talk about? "His deals," says McDowell. "He's the quintessential salesman." Ever eager to show off what he owns, Trump escorted McDowell through his 118-room hideaway in Palm Beach, happily pointing out some of the valuables that he acquired when he purchased the 17.5-acre estate, furnishings and all, for a "bargain" $7 million in 1985. "Do you believe this?" he asked, brandishing a gold dinner plate...
Silence, however, finally proved untenable. In 1945, with Tokyo aflame, Hiroshima and Nagasaki reduced to rubble, and military officers still eager to fight, the Emperor insisted on announcing his country's surrender. As he spoke, he publicly betrayed emotion for almost the only time in his life: his voice broke...
WASHINGTONIANS are normally proud of their city, eager to brag about their clean streets, beautiful monuments and low unemployment. But ask them about their local politics, and they will run and hide behind the Lincoln Memorial...
Whether Legs can survive its critical clobbering depends on what kind of experience theatergoers expect for $50. Genial and inoffensive at worst, occasionally energetic and raucously funny, always lavish and cheerful and eager to please, Legs is an amiable enough way to spend 2 1/2 hours. But it is altogether unmemorable. Its basic problems could not have been altered by a year of previews: the concept and the star. Legs traces the rise of a big-time gang leader in the machine-gun era of Al Capone. No matter how much the script sweetens and fictionalizes its depiction...