Word: keenness
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...listen carefully, you can hear the answer reverberating from those distinctive white "ear-bud" headphones attached to Apple Computer's iPod digital-music player. After the booming success of the iPod and Apple's iTunes Internet music store, the mobile-phone industry is keen to join the party by converting phones into mobile jukeboxes capable of storing hundreds or thousands of songs. Meanwhile, cellular-network operators are launching their own download services, hoping that by generating revenue from digital-music sales they can recoup some of the billions of dollars they've invested in high-speed, third-generation (3G) networks...
...means doing some serious horsetrading if they really intend to wrap it up at their summit this week in Brussels. But the situation is fluid. Some of the Parliament's remaining objections could be met by shuffling portfolios, but Barroso - who has to keep member states happy, too - is keen not to open up a bazaar...
...dignity of human life far more than the policies President Bush has pursued. Kerry’s proposals to increase inspections of air shipments and sea cargo and to protect sensitive domestic targets—such as chemical plants sorely in need of added defense—show his keen awareness of America’s vulnerabilities. Finally, Kerry has identified the presence of idle nuclear stockpiles and foreign energy dependence as two major long-term threats to the security of the United States, and we trust that addressing these two basic problems will, in the long run, do more...
It’s not that the discussion promoted by Nader is not a good one to have; one especially keen topic is whether Harvard Law students are indeed, as one third year student and Nader himself put it, “third-year tools.” But as a former Nader supporter, I can think of no better use of my vote than to support a realistic chance for the presidency: supporting John Kerry. I hope that other former Nader supporters like myself come around as well, and realize that third party politics are untenable...
...list of sweeteners, it was one of Latham's high points, and his audience left bolstered - "I feel proud to be a Labor supporter again," said teacher Robin Boyne. Latham's other key message that day was simple: "I'm ready to lead, and he's ready to leave." Keen to highlight Howard's refusal to commit to a full term, Labor gambled that the electorate would be disturbed by the chance of a handover to Treasurer Costello. But more pressing was their own leadership question. At the same time that Labor had to convince Australians enjoying some...