Word: keenness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Perspective just needs more staffers in general," she confesses. "But I have always had a keen eye for trying to encourage more women to come on staff, by having meals, and having personal conversations and encouraging women to run for office...
Although Brokaw has moved far from his boyhood home, the town has left indelible traces on his soul. Brokaw's keen judge of character, flair for common sense and no-nonsense attitude originated in Yankton, he says...
Competition for television viewers is keen, and anchors must balance their reporter's instinct with the need to entertain viewers...
Which raises the question of whether the candidates would be keen on this reform. In 1992 the candidates were careful to limit their appearances to events they thought they could control. All three were invited to appear for an hour on Meet the Press, for instance; not one of them accepted. So while both parties' candidates endorsed the scheme, it remains to be seen whether Dole and Clinton will relish the idea of being locked in a room together during prime time with no way out except through the tube...
...fear of this coming to pass may provide the best explanation for last week's Sotheby's shenanigans. Most Americans have never been keen on history--looking forward gets in the way of looking back--and the national memory bank seems to be shrinking further under the onslaught of instant electronic gratifications. But the post-World War II baby boomers--the ones who were in their mid-teens when Jack and Jackie entered the White House in 1961--formed a unique generation in the national progression. They were the first ones born in the era of commercial TV, the first...