Word: keen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Carter camp immediately accepted. Anderson could only say that he was "disappointed" that the league chose to "appease Carter." Reagan, not keen about meeting the President head on so long as he is still the front runner, said no. He continued to insist that Anderson had to be included in all debates or that Carter had to take on the independent candidate alone, just as he had. Hearing that Reagan was ducking, Press Secretary Powell said: "We think their duplicity is obvious in the extreme." The prospect for any more presidential debates is dim indeed...
...from destroying several nearby islands to improve navigation. Freed gave frequent newspaper interviews, addressed Rotary Clubs, and even posed for photographs with New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan after testifying before a Senate subcommittee. For his efforts, Freed received a letter from New York Governor Hugh Carey praising his "keen public spirit." Last year, Freed was appointed to a federal advisory commission on the Great Lakes...
...once again herd to the camp. "Anyone who waits with such single-minded devotion is always rewarded in the end." Sure enough, one day "an incredible horde" came tumbling out of a train, laughing and shouting. "In a moment Ruslan was transformed: flexible, alert, his yellow eyes sharp and keen." The dogs mistake for prisoners a group of construction workers who have come to turn the abandoned camp site into a factory. When the young people begin strolling toward the site in a disorganized column, some singing and even dancing to the music of accordions, the dogs know what...
...film in which he plays, seemingly all at once, six different instruments in ten musical guises. The show is a promo for McCartney II, a new album that features guess who on every instrumental track. The old Beatles will never reunite, says McCartney: "The others don't seem keen enough." Ah, but why reassemble the fabulous four when one can be cloned into...
...what he has done for nearly 60 years: conduct. Some observers of late have sensed a faltering of Ormandy's command on the podium, perhaps a dimming of his legendary memory for scores. But he insists that he feels young and fit; and, indeed, his gaze remains keen, his step springy and his stocky (5 ft. 5 in.) frame as muscular as ever. This summer he plans to lead the Philadelphians in their usual three-week residence at the Saratoga festival. Next season, as Conductor Laureate, he will merely cut back to 50 concerts (compared with 100 this season...