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Word: eagers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like any other rookie in his first game, Sweeney will be nervous. He will also be anxious, eager for the puck to drop and the game to start...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Sweeney Makes NHL; Calls Garden Home | 10/6/1988 | See Source »

...Personally, I would be very eager to be replaced. This job is really not so pleasant. But at this juncture it seems I am needed to bring these talks to a conclusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland Eventually We Will Win | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...alighted and began patrolling the streets with tanks and armored vehicles were charged with a delicate mission: to calm the latest and most volatile outburst of ethnic unrest so far in Armenia and the % neighboring republic of Azerbaijan. The show of force indicated that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was eager to halt the regional conflict, which has become an embarrassing distraction from his goal of reforming Soviet political and economic life, as well as a potential weapon in the hands of his enemies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Show of Force | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...museum's curators are eager to convince you of the seriousness of their enterprise, and some of the text panels read like term papers. Ignore them; play hooky in your trash-collector's soul. Enter phone booth-shaped screening rooms to watch clips from All About Eve or Mary Tyler Moore's last episode with commentary from Directors Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Jay Sandrich. Model costumes of the stars, like Marilyn Monroe's dress from The Seven Year Itch, before a fun-house mirror. Lay your own sound effects over the dialogue of a TV commercial or movie clip. Browse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Twin Shrines to the Silver Screen | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, have rallied behind Iraq, charging the U.S. press with overdramatizing the situation. These states, preoccupied with the threat posed to them by Iran's fundamentalist regime, are wary of undermining Iraq at a critical stage in the cease-fire. Moreover, no Arab state is eager to antagonize Iraq, which has the strongest army in the region. The Arabs also sympathize with Baghdad's contention that a U.N. investigation would set a dangerous precedent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Is the Outrage? | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

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