Word: keening
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Emerson said that in general he is a supporter of the foreign policy of the Truman administration and believes that Stevenson will carry on its work--while at the same time "bringing a new and keen intelligence to the problem...
...Then the two would warmly shake hands before re-entering the game. Even the British referee got in on the love feast. When he blew his whistle for a time out, players would scamper to him, rain compliments on him for his eminent fairness, surpassing judgment and keen eyesight...
...Conductor Toscanini seemed to be as keen about his London visit as London was. In Milan last summer, he had heard the touring Philharmonia Orchestra for the first time, and had announced simply: "I must conduct...
...Association city councillors, Crane and Deguglielmo, had long since adjusted their eyesight to the halo's glare. As politicians, they knew far better than the despairing Herald that efficiency and honesty are no more than first steps to good government. Happily, too, the man they helped elect has equally keen eyes...
...shown the "grossest and most unscrupulous covetness." On his estate at Birkhill. Fifeshire, the tall, kilted fourth (or 13th, no one was quite sure which) Viscount Dudhope sounded disconsolate: "You know, nobody in the family really wanted to be a peer. Bit of a nuisance. I'm not keen myself. I prefer...