Word: keenly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...strong supporter of Walter Mondale's presidential campaign, Larry Tisch has a keen interest in politics and an eclectic taste in politicians. He has recently been host at breakfasts for Representative Charles Rangel, a liberal Democrat from Harlem, and the Rev. Pat Robertson, the conservative preacher and presidential candidate. Says Richard Ravitch, chairman of New York City's Bowery Savings Bank and former head of New York's metropolitan transportation authority: "Most people who seek the White House seek his advice and ultimately his support." Tisch was instrumental in helping preserve the deductibility of state and local income taxes...
...bank loans. The Hunts and their lenders had not been able to agree on a plan to renegotiate the debt. The Hunts wanted Placid to hold off on making any bank payments so that the company could go ahead with aggressive off-shore drilling projects. The brothers were especially keen to develop a tract called Green Canyon, off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. But the bankers insisted that Placid should accelerate, not halt, its debt payments...
...whether we think upon the monotony or the violence in human history, two things are always new--youth and the quest for knowledge, and with these a university is concerned. So long as its interest in them is keen it can never grow old, though it counts its age by centuries...
...play is good fun, and should be seen, especially if you like baseball. Even if you are not especially keen on the game, but do not mind locker room talk, it is very possible you will enjoy it. The proximity of the theater to Harvard Square makes it especially inviting for Summer School students, although the tickets are quite pricey ($14 Tuesday--Thursday evenings and Saturday, Sunday matinees; $17 Friday, Saturday evenings). Like the Sox pitching staff, this play is colorful and unpredictable, definitely worth a trip to the bullpen...
...Great Mouse Detective a mouse chanteuse performs what may be the first tentative striptease in the Disney canon. Otherwise it's business and pleasure as usual. Keen-witted Basil of Baker Street and his colleague Dr. Dawson search for a girl mouse's father, a toymaker abducted by the evil rodent genius Professor Ratigan. The movie's scene-stealer is a peg-legged bat named Fidget, who gets laughs when someone stomps on his foot ("My only foot!"). Later Basil and Dawson are trussed up on Ratigan's killer mousetrap, a Rube Spielberg device that jump-starts the filmmakers' ingenuity...