Word: keenness
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...crisis that threatens the underpinning of our republic. Understandably, surrogates for Vice President Al Gore '69 and Texas Gov. George W. Bush have endorsed this posture of doom: Development "X" is allegedly bad for the country. Now, my own historical foresight is poor. But I'm not keen on the idea that we're heading for a political collapse, that a set of serious consequences will hurt this country...
Wrestling a very competitive schedule, the team will spend the first part of the season in tournament competition, which will include this weekend's East Stroudsburg Tournament, the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, and the Midlands Tournament at Northwestern...
...ninth tuning that is the standard for country-style playing. Some of the more advanced players use double-necked instruments with one neck tuned to E ninth and the other to C sixth, for jazz and swing; a 12-string "universal" hybrid also exists. But I'm keen on the bubbly pentatonic sounds of straight country, and another neck right now would just be a cruel joke. To cap it all off, my right foot controls a volume pedal, which gives the instrument its airy, floating quality - in my dreams, that...
...before he leaves office. But with Barak - his grip on power hanging by a thread - feeling pressure from his generals to be allowed to act with fewer restraints and Arafat's political authority now routinely flouted even in the ranks of his own Fatah organization, neither man appears particularly keen on a lame-duck Camp David reunion...
...nuclear proliferation - in recent years he embarked on a vocal crusade to restore "family values" in television. This was a little uncomfortable for those of us who remember Allen as the irreverent kid who liked to turn the studio upside down. But this too was consistent with his keen professionalism and his respect for a medium that he helped define - and liberate, in ways he could no longer quite recognize. Especially just tuning...