Word: eagerness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...than a hint of warmth or humor. He is angry that he feels compelled to wear dark glasses; in one fantastic episode, Allen chases his Hostility, which has escaped to ravage the countryside. The jokes are here, but Allen ignores them. He is too intent on baring his soul. Eager to make his audience uncomfortable, his distracted view of reality instead makes us feel unwanted...
Because U.S. narcotics officials can do nothing to eradicate the poppy fields of the Golden Crescent, they have fallen back on what Bensinger calls the "second line of defense"-the refineries. Bensinger and his colleages have found European law-enforcement authorities eager to cooperate, for heroin is no longer the "American disease"; both Italy and West Germany have particularly serious problems. West Germany, which has about a fourth of the population of the U.S., had more than 600 heroin-related deaths last year, while the U.S. had 594. In the past eleven months, international law enforcement authorities have seized...
...says one senior British official, "the Iraqis do not have the capa bility to mount an expeditionary force into central Iran." Nor, in the British assessment, is Baghdad eager to occupy all of oil-rich Khuzistan. Such a venture would alienate neighboring Kuwait and the other conservative gulf states that Saddam has been courting...
Officials of both companies insisted last week that AMC management will remain in American hands. But Renault will now be able to name five of the 16 members of the company's board of directors. Renault is eager to use AMC's 1.65% market share as a base for further expansion into the U.S. market...
...institutions. Says Chase Manhattan President Willard Butcher: "I would at least have liked the chance to bid on Crocker Bank." Thousands of small American banks, though, are expected to continue lobbying hard against any legislation that would permit large domestic banks to enter their markets. They are no more eager to be swallowed by Chase than by Commerzbank...