| 单词 | eagerness |
| 例句 | In her eagerness to make a good impression Kit had selected this dress with care, but here in this plain room it seemed overelegant. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The eastern woods teemed with flora unknown to the Old World, and there was a huge eagerness, from scientists and amateur enthusiasts alike, to get a piece of it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z But she felt, also, a frisson of expectation, an eagerness to discover America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The shy-looking man with the liver splotches on his neck spoke with a bold directness and eagerness for action. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the light in his eyes then, the eagerness with which he watched me gasp. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There was an eagerness in June’s question that Ivy had never heard before. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “And the land?” asked Wang Lung at last, quivering with his eagerness. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z All her irritation and confusion disappeared in her eagerness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Esteban, who had not had a chance to get to know his daughter, mistook her placid amiability and her eagerness to set the table with the silver candlesticks for love. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ghohg the Protector would not see the elf on the first day, that would show too much eagerness. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Then I went to him without haste, without any sign of the eagerness or relief I felt at having him nearby again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I urged my horse forward, but not with quite the same eagerness as before. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The answer could have been there, among the other papers that I, in my eagerness, had overlooked. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her own eagerness rose at the sight of the two eager faces so close to hers. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She was obliged to break off from these very pleasant observations, which were otherwise of a sort to run into great length, by the eagerness of Harriet’s wondering questions. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Only three shabbily-dressed women lingered near her, and because she could not contain her eagerness, Kit smiled and would have spoken, but she was abruptly repulsed by their sharply curious eyes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The horse finished the mile sparkling and galloped out an eighth of a mile farther, still burning Pollard’s arms in his eagerness to continue. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In her, he saw the same eagerness that he’d witnessed in his mother, a hunger that he was beginning to understand, too. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His voice betrayed excitement and eagerness, gave no hint of offense. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In his eagerness to help her, he knocked the gravy boat flying; Bill waved his wand and the gravy soared up in the air and returned meekly to the boat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “It would make a perfect play for Mother’s Day,” I say, nearly bouncing with eagerness. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, in the face of their despair, she radiated eagerness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The villagers tripped one another in their eagerness to hide behind trees. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Television cameras jockeyed for position, nearly knocking each other over in their eagerness to get the best shot. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There was an eagerness in the air to please by being creative. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There was a faint smile on her lips now, and an air of eagerness about her, of anticipation. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “I would be grateful,” I say, unable to hide my eagerness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The General was a portly, ugly man, his manners were not refined, and his talk was conspicuous for an eagerness to apply military similes to a very wide variety of matters. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The professor looked awkward for a second, and then his eagerness overcame his reluctance. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He did not wish to appear weak in Carl’s presence or reveal a humiliating eagerness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But now Hazel, in his eagerness, paid no attention. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Every sentence, every word, was new to them and they listened to what he said like bright-eyed ravens, trembling in their eagerness to catch and interpret every sound in the universe. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked up at them, and a faint light of cunning and eagerness flickered for a second in his pale blinking eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Trembling with eagerness, Miyax asked Uma to tell her more about Kapugen, and Uma, spilling over with enthusiasm, told how the town and its people had grown poor and hungry several years ago. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m getting ice cream,” I say, moving toward the stairs, and Bieber collides with my legs in his eagerness to follow. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Even in his eagerness the old question flashed through Ranofer’s mind: Where does he go? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Methuselah was in a ferment of eagerness as he led his young friend over to the gatehouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Kino could see them in his mind, slipping along the track, whining a little with eagerness, and behind them, dark and half disinterested, the horseman with the rifle. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the old man was looking at him with timid eagerness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In his eagerness, his feet slipped in the loose sand and down he went. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But it did exemplify how Terryl, in her eagerness to be supportive and fun, to encourage a spirit of adventure, could push things to the edge. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The silence that followed had a strange quality to it: expectation, eagerness, love, awe. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z An odd confusion, half eagerness and half reluctance, tossed Kit’s spirits to and fro. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z We shook hands and I watched him walk quickly away, tall, lean, bent forward with eagerness and hungry for the future, his metal-capped shoes tapping against the sidewalk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Yes, Lore, my main affliction now is simply a malady of eagerness. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In the mirror, I can see their earnest faces following her every move, their eagerness when it is their turn to try a step. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They were both more accomplished and better read than I was; but with eagerness I followed in the path of knowledge they had trodden before me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry,” Minli said, and with her eagerness she felt like the water she was boiling. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The new assignment was a challenge and an opportunity for testing how much of what happened in Harlem was due to my own efforts and how much to the sheer eagerness of the people themselves. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The eagerness he felt was so keen that his nose was too pinched to breathe through and his cheeks were scarlet. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z For the first time in a long time, he felt a kind of eagerness for the day ahead. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He was hanging clothes to dry in the yard and I saw his eagerness in the harried way he finished the job. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A look of transparent eagerness came over Adam’s face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I was so excited to be at my first World Championships and representing the United States that I must have seemed like a puppy on Red Bull; my eagerness showed all over my face. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He assumed from Terrance’s eagerness and the size of the bounty that Cora was her master’s concubine. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Gabriel rose, it seemed to her, with a speed and eagerness that were not merely polite. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I was lucky he didn't tear off my arm in his eagerness. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It's a voice that provokes first irritation and then eagerness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Understood her eagerness to piece together her shattered image of him. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They scampered over, leaping over furniture in their eagerness, but stopped abruptly when they saw their servant. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z My eagerness to escape into the woods, if only for two hours, overrides my current concerns. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Gradually his fear of and eagerness for death returned. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Horatio jingled the coins in his purse, and the priest nearly dropped his Bible in his eagerness to comply. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I put the mask on, trying not to shudder at the eagerness with which it attaches to me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Katie smiled at his eagerness and said it was no use taking Evy or Sissy away from their own affairs until it was necessary. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was panting a bit, and though I knew this was from the football, it added to his overall impression of eagerness. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And I, listening, Found not the salt of the whispers of my girl, Murmur of confused colors, as we lay near sleep; Little wise words and little witty words, Wanton as water, honied with eagerness. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The snake nodded, its tongue flicking with eagerness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In my eagerness to please, I accidentally complimented chipped baseboards and sacks of laundry waiting to be taken to the cleaners. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But there were no answers in Delsa’s solemn eyes, or in Norma’s haughty beauty, or in Héctor’s eagerness to please. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In her eagerness to reach her, she struck the box hard with her wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Kit, in her eagerness, went up ahead with a candle into the chilly bedchamber. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He was saying some last word to her but the eagerness in his manner tightened abruptly into formality as several people approached him to say goodbye. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Really, it wasn’t so different from waiting for her in a dream when she might appear anywhere and his whole being clenched into a knot of eagerness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Alexander Robinson, the man who led the choir, recognized the youngster’s musical gifts and her eagerness to learn and to perform. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z A rash eagerness had overcome him, to go into his study and reply to Ifemelu’s e-mail, something he had unconsciously been composing in his mind. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “What now? What sudden eagerness is this you evince? What are you going to do?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z And with a culinary staff that had Michelin-level standards and a deep eagerness to please the president, I had to keep an eye on what got served. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Britten stood up, his face flushed with eagerness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z One day my mother told me that we were going to Memphis on a boat, the Kate Adams, and my eagerness thereafter made the days seem endless. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Felicia returned to our religion with great eagerness after her disappearance in 1978. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But I looked forward to the Sunday before Labor Day in 1952 with an eagerness never since duplicated. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the pace, my eagerness growing with every step. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z A reporter later observed, “Hale’s face expressed a guarded eagerness; Ramsey’s was a mask.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Another problem blew up out of Kepler’s eagerness to consolidate his new reputation by associating with other mathematicians and discussing his ideas with them. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The dogs’ nervousness, their eagerness to hear the signal that would allow them to race off into the trees, made Milkman jittery. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s a very pretty thing,” said Stuart, trying to hide his eagerness. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z ‘Were there any oliphaunts?’ asked Sam, forgetting his fear in his eagerness for news of strange places. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was as if even eagerness were muscle-bound in him too, and hunger itself inarticulate, not knowing it is hunger. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Tree-ear made his awkward way over the stony ground, barking his shin once but hardly feeling the pain in his eagerness. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I wrote down the name in my notebook, and when I looked up, I could see the eagerness in their eyes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On my way, I was learning, was the product of Barack’s eternal optimism, an indication of his eagerness to be home that did nothing to signify when he would actually arrive. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z With hands that trembled with eagerness, I unhooked the chains and drew back the massive bolts. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z His freckled skin was lighter-hued, but they shared the same fragile eagerness. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The creature was watching intently, coiled with eagerness. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Spilling over with eagerness, he babbled to other athletes about his new training regimen, his race strategy, and how fast he might go. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Rigid and absent, naked and trembling with disgust and cold, Alba neither heard nor felt him, but that crack in his eagerness to torture her sounded an alarm in the colonel’s mind. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Never, never!” she cried with a most open eagerness—“Never, for the twentieth part of a moment, did such an idea occur to me. And how could it possibly come into your head?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z She could tell by their eagerness for change that this was a waiting room. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to know something that Omakayas, in her eagerness to hold her pet, couldn’t grasp. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He waited, looking at me with suppressed eagerness. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But it was there, in her fingertips, and now they trembled slightly with eagerness to start. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z During a single, early week of senate business in Springfield, Barack had introduced seventeen new bills—possibly a record, and at the very least a measure of his eagerness to get something done. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z An eagerness to please and an apology for living met in her voice. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z We became soldiers with eagerness and enthusiasm, but they have done everything to knock that out of us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked the same, but the dignity she remembered was gone, and left instead something small, a provincial eagerness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As the front of the American eugenics movement advanced from imprisonment to sterilization to outright murder, European eugenicists watched the escalation with a mix of eagerness and envy. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then they would jump to their feet and mewl and snarl with excitement and eagerness. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “I accepted immediately with excitement and eagerness,” he said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z With that hope gone, so went his eagerness to work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z In his eagerness, Tree-ear had to stop himself from leaping into the sea when the boat was still far from shore. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z His face was lit with eagerness, and that’s what frightened me most of all. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Usually he felt a stir of eagerness at this part of a chemical procedure—a thrill to create something no one else could, and alter the very structure of nature. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I fear I shed none, anticipation of coming adventures blotting out remembrance of those past; I fairly trembled with eagerness to reach the shore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The Arrivals Lounge was a press of love and eagerness, because the Bombay-Cochin flight was the flight that all the Foreign Returnees came home on. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Govinda had also aged, but he still showed the old characteristics in his face—eagerness, loyalty, curiosity, anxiety. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z In my eagerness to get the mirror, I’d placed myself on the wrong side of his cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Easy, easy,” Doc said, laughing at our eagerness. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It had drawn nearer just like this, quivering with eagerness at the food Mercy set out, yet tensed to spring at the slightest warning. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z With that eagerness I grasped at every straw of kindness, wanting to give a good report. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t let any bears attend to him, despite their eagerness. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He seemed harmless, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that his accommodating manner, his eagerness to help us, was masking something unpleasant, something more sinister in him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In his eagerness to have something really worthwhile to show on his return to the Council, he had jumped to the conclusion that they were alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you a Luminous Stone That Lights the Night?” he said, the eagerness straining through his voice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It is a strange blend of terror and eagerness, unfamiliar until now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Before they reached their desired haven, however, a long time passed, and much happened which if they had known beforehand might have checked their eagerness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A sort of vapid eagerness flitted across Winston’s face at the mention of Big Brother. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z To Mr. Bennet’s acknowledgments he briefly replied, with assurance of his eagerness to promote the welfare of any of his family; and concluded with entreaties that the subject might never be mentioned to him again. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Piper heard eagerness in his voice - almost hunger. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He came off the field, his eyes downcast and brooding, his eagerness to do well in this first game and live up to the legend of Charlie putting his whole body out of sync. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Brat opened her other eye to show her eagerness and energy. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the soft half-darkness his stiff manners gradually relaxed into a boyish eagerness. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to talk, but he did not like the note of intense eagerness in the man’s voice. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When he came out on the track, he bounced up and down in eagerness to get going. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “How does she use you, Pip; how does she use you?” she asked me again, with her witch-like eagerness, even in Estella’s hearing. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Now, in his eagerness to hear his news, the guano smell seemed almost welcome. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Those initial dazed expressions long since evaporated, the special recruits were all eagerness now, and both had greedy glints in their eyes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes, by all means,” broke in Gwystyl, with the first trace of eagerness Taran had glimpsed in this strange individual. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The young woman’s free, affectionate, adventurous personality fascinated him, and her appearance of a disguised rat aroused in him a tortured eagerness to protect her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was afraid, and yet he waited his turn with something like eagerness. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He got out soon next morning more out of curiosity than eagerness to work. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z But the fastest boys are greyhounds, harvested from all over the nation for their speed and eagerness to obey, and they seem to Werner to be running more fervently, more conclusively, than they have before. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They often stopped at the Store to get change for bills so they could give out jangling coins to their children, who shook with their eagerness to get to town. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “What was the name of the man who took it?” asked Dr. Van Helsing with restrained eagerness. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Also, Gold had what he described as “an almost puppy-like eagerness to please.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The six children followed every motion of her quill with breathless eagerness. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There was such friendliness and charm in his eyes, such boyish eagerness to engage her, that she could only go along. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Given his eagerness to make an arrest, this seemed to be enough for Tate to accept Myers's accusations. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His face was alight with a curious balance of eagerness and gravity. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He knew, and he was full of an eagerness to know. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In his eagerness, Old Dan ran head on into a bur oak tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a kind of eagerness he felt, a confidence, a fulness, a freedom; his whole life was caught up in a supreme and meaningful act. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Willingly!” he said, and added, in his head, If only your eagerness were for me! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Malcolm could feel his dæmon’s eagerness to plunge into the water and catch the fish, and silently urged her on; but she held back. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She was always blessed, or cursed, with an eagerness to please. Me, myself and I 2011-01-15T00:04:05Z Her tendency to burn brightly and her lifelong eagerness to please has sometimes made her an easy mark, she knows now. Amanda Seyfried Finally Stakes Her Claim 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Several factors resulted in the subsequent huge turnaround, including technology, marketing and a certain eagerness to please. TV review: Chateau Chunder; Heston's Fantastical Food; Dara Ó Briain's Science Club 2012-11-13T22:00:01Z Josie’s arrogance and little brother Boots’s eagerness to enter the family business spell more trouble for Kip, who’s trying to arrange a quieter life for himself and his pregnant girlfriend. ‘Inherit the Viper’ Review: Hard Times in a Hard Town 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z I took a moment to savor it, his silver, close-cropped hair, the eagerness of his expression as he waited for my text — the triumph of once again making it just in time! Destined to Marry the Cute Bartender 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z We’re programmed to be suspicious of such largesse, and there’s something unnerving about Hadi’s eagerness to brush aside the messiness of democracy with the efficiency of his own vast fortune. What happens when a billionaire takes over a small New England town 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z His essential eagerness surely makes him a great audience, but even before acquiring his show, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Hickey said, could be as entertaining as any performer — without a typical actor’s neediness. The Six Degrees of Andy Cohen 2011-01-07T22:42:55Z Then again, perhaps the would-be disruptor is Jackson himself – specifically, the eagerness he’s shown over the past few years to experiment. Alan Jackson remembers the good times at Nokia Theatre 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Add to this persona his eagerness to chase the easy buck and his nonexistent quality control mechanism and it's not hard to see how Dyer has found himself in this rut. Dyer straits: how can Danny save his career? 2010-08-19T21:00:00Z On the contrary, it insists, with an eagerness that soon begins to grate, that the story of Jesus and his apostles is so timely you’d better start tweeting about it right this minute. | 'Godspell' : ?Godspell? at the Circle in the Square - Review 2011-11-08T03:00:04Z Freeman was a finance guy in New York, still in his 20s, with a sports-bro patter about his days as a place-kicker at Duke and an eagerness to make his mark. Heath Freeman is the hedge fund guy who says he wants to save local news. Somehow, no one’s buying it. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z The answer seemed obvious now: the false clues, the computer expertise, Brian’s eagerness to help in the investigation and the fact that he excommunicated Gwen while remaining my confidant. My online impostor: When that Facebook profile isn’t you 2014-04-01T23:00:00Z Regrettably, my relationship was doomed from the start by the eagerness of the door staff to divest me of every possession, including my reading glasses, which made communication via keyboard and screen challenging. Life Streaming 2010-06-25T21:45:00Z The eagerness to brush off stories with a mental health angle as less legitimate than those about earthquakes or politics also plays out in other ways. Against attention scolding: Stop policing people’s so-called distractions 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Something about Kendall’s eagerness does not sit right with Roman and Shiv, although they have trouble articulating why. ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 4 Recap: A Coronation Demolition Derby 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z Anyone in a long relationship knows it’s hard to maintain the shudder of anticipatory eagerness when you know exactly what comes next. I don’t want to have sex with my husband any more 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z And then I encounter one of those New York stories that begs to be listened to, exuding a combination of star power, eccentricity and enormous eagerness. The Out of Towner: All Those Great Stories, Crying to Be Overheard 2011-10-20T20:30:09Z It’s made a little worse by the child’s unfailing eagerness to show off. Is there anything worse than taking a karaoke ride with James Corden? 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z You could hear the eagerness and fervor in their voices. Our marriage can’t be denied 2014-01-12T00:00:00Z Presumably once stationed at the door of a plantation owner’s mansion, this dandified fellow leans forward to greet you with almost frightening eagerness. Art Review: Metro Show and Editions/Artists’ Book Fair 2013-01-24T22:27:36Z But U2 hopes to stir more than loyalty and eagerness for oldies. U2’s Flight to Now (Turbulence Included) 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Smith handles this deftly, showing Eliot’s conflicted eagerness for and fear of sexual contact with the handsome young man — fear because of how he might respond to her aging body. George Eliot’s brief marriage got off to a really, really bad start 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Michael Henderson, in the Spectator, wrote of Syed's Bounce: It is an ambitious book undermined by a clunking style, and an eagerness to find profundity where none exists. William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2010: who should win? 2010-10-26T13:48:00Z But this time around I was saddened by their all-too-human eagerness to exaggerate their importance and brag about their feeble exploits. Memories of “Cats” 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Still, it was Mr. Pratt’s first lead, and he said he initially struggled mightily to get out of his head, set down his eagerness to please and entrust himself to Mr. Gunn’s direction. Chris Pratt Is a Superhero in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z I’m thinking that the eagerness to see her as so mature feels like yet another, more subtle part of her black-girl invisibility. Lonnae O’Neal: A black girl, a white guy and an inexplicable tweet 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z When the world turns, he can’t turn with it, because the only reality he knows is that of his face aiming with anxious eagerness at his beloved audience. Dance Review: Zimmermann & de Perrot Mime It Up at Baryshnikov Center 2010-05-05T21:46:00Z But his office’s eagerness to tamp down rumors of an ongoing substance abuse problem speak to the stigma still surrounding alcoholism and addiction. What’s wrong with Jesse Jackson Jr.? 2012-07-12T16:35:00Z At the intermission, I felt the same eagerness to get back to the story that I remember feeling when I first read “Fathers and Sons” as a student. London Theater Journal: Shadowlands 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Having eaten Eom’s food three times since he came aboard in September, most recently this winter, I can understand the eagerness to acquire his skill set in the shadow of Georgetown University. Review | Fresh reasons to return to 1789, one of D.C.’s oldest restaurants 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z For the last five years, four men have sought with painful eagerness to transform the racy art of jazz into something aspiring towards cultural respectability. From the Observer archive, 29 November 1959: how to take pizzazz out of jazz 2012-11-24T00:05:25Z Such was her passion for her life’s work and her eagerness to spread the word that she patiently recounted her history to me as if for the first time. A garden movement loses a leader 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z But if Alexander always pays his respects to yesteryear's jazz, he takes care of its formalities with a relaxed eagerness and pungent wit – as does his principal partner on these gigs, Vincent Herring. This week's new live music 2013-01-12T06:00:12Z Social media has since conveyed its eagerness to try Post’s upcoming offerings, with one Twitter account even citing this announcement as evidence of a “cereal golden age.” Cereals inspired by Hostess Donettes and Honey Buns coming from Post in January 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z This is moral vanity, Edelman admits: a professional charmer’s eagerness to flatter other people’s self-regard as a way of buttressing his own. Review: A Jew and 16 ‘Nerf Nazis’ Meet Cute in ‘Just for Us’ 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z But his naivety and his eagerness to be transformed recede as he starts listening to his storytelling relatives. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z That so many Cuban artists are backing the 00Biennial reflects both the eagerness of those already working outside institutions for an alternative platform and the increasing independence of others. Cuban artists plan to stage alternative Havana biennial 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z With my erratic casting skills and adrenaline-addled eagerness, it is a term I hear often today. U.S. anglers seek out the infamous Bay of Pigs for an exclusive fly-fishing experience 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Brigid, blond Viking braids emerging from her knit cap, welcomed us as she wrangled their black Lab, Reuben, a squirming mass of eagerness even at 10 years old. U.S. Issue: It?s a Bear?s World in Kodiak, Alaska 2011-05-13T20:16:28Z They pander, and that eagerness to please everyone and be up-to-the-minute with the latest everything gives them the appeal of a thirsty gnat. Smart Watch: Why you should watch Jennifer Garner play a total jerk in “Camping” 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z It’s a candid statement, but also a frustrating one: Did his eagerness to understand the border at the ground level not move him to better understand how the detention and deportation process functioned? A heartfelt lament on patrolling the border: Francisco Cantu's 'The Line Becomes a River' 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z What he lacked in formal training, he made up for in his eagerness to master the craft. So Long, Medical Scrubs. Jesse Williams Is Ready to Play Ball. 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z In my eagerness to not be wasteful, I Googled around for a useful repurposing of our least enthusiastically consumed candy — the corn version. These salty-sweet popcorn balls will convert candy corn haters into true believers 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z With almost no words, the child expresses her eagerness to please and her resentment at being used; her quiet, honest expression is a sharp contrast to his breezy, uncomfortable volubility. Clip joint: trees 2010-04-28T15:28:00Z Writers of state of the nation books face two big perils: the temptation to stray into cliche and the flatness that can come from an eagerness to depict the average life. The way we live now? Follow the money back to Anthony Trollope? 2012-02-12T00:06:17Z The evening opened with a zippy number called “We Solved It!,” satirizing both Hollywood’s problem with diversity and harassment, and its eagerness to simply wish it away. The 2018 Emmys: The Blah Place 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Its ideas are unified by the author’s genuine fascination with his material and his eagerness to follow it wherever it leads, even when it goes half-mad. Books of The Times: The Weird, Wide World of Bugs in Hugh Raffles?s ?Insectopedia? 2010-03-24T23:08:00Z But to date, Mr. Cowell has been rather open about his eagerness to leave — something that viewers have sensed all this season. Will Simon Cowell?s Exit From ?American Idol? Sink the Show? 2010-05-25T22:22:00Z Even as we try to encourage more diverse books, our eagerness — and capacity — to rain down hellfire on authorial missteps and insensitivities, conscious or unconscious, has radically increased. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z “Slumber Party” projects the hard choice of a talented director torn between distaste for her material and an eagerness to please, if only to earn the credit for a next feature. DVDs: Hot and Sticky Grindhouse, Classics and Homages 2010-10-03T01:53:00Z On the plus side is her eagerness to do good. Review: ‘Fathers and Daughters,’ a Sappy Tale Unredeemed by Star Power 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z But the album’s eagerness to impress clearly comes from Mr. Brown, whose second album will probably feel less jittery than this. Albums by Leonard Cohen, Otis Brown III and Lee Ann Womack 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Once you move to the District, what really grates is the sweaty envy, the cloying eagerness, the frantic trading of acronyms by those nerdy student council members you once mocked in high school. ‘The Hopefuls’ captures everything we love to hate about Washington 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z It’s the completely psychotic tabloid eagerness to jump all over Duff’s diet and exercise habits, as if getting her butt back in “pre-pregnancy” shape was the most important thing in the world. Hilary Duff’s smoking outrage 2012-06-20T18:55:00Z This eagerness toward the adaptation is understandable, given its ungainly charm, but the problem is that the documentary isn’t strictly about the remake. Review: In ‘Raiders!,’ Two Boys’ First, Great Movie Crush 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z I think there is something compliant and servile about believing you have to meet the dominant criteria, and I don't think psychoanalysts should have bought into the scientific model with such eagerness. Adam Phillips: a life in writing 2012-06-01T21:55:08Z The production will be bankrolled by Film4, who apparently passed on funding The King's Speech in their eagerness to get this film about the monarch off the ground. Bill Murray may star as Roosevelt as spirit of The King's Speech lives on 2011-03-30T13:48:15Z Such extroverted eagerness feels more suitable to Henry than it did to the Prince of Denmark. 3 celebrities portray Shakespeare’s uncommon men 2014-02-03T06:51:22Z Ebert was defined, perhaps, by that eagerness to see outside himself. Review: Thumbs up for Ebert doc ‘Life Itself’ 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Part of what drove his and Syd's thinking, he added, was their eagerness to establish themselves outside Odd Future. Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians widen the Internet's connection with 'Ego Death' 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z That underdog mind-set has always been central to the hip-hop ethos, but Wale’s eagerness to stomp and blab his way through these riptides sets him apart as the most idiosyncratic rap star of our time. At top of charts, Wale feels underrated — not that there’s anything wrong with that 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z “The intent of Congress was clearly to protect authors who make bad deals in their eagerness to get their work out there.” Representative John Conyers Wants Copyright Law Revision 2011-08-28T19:21:42Z The sense of purity and eagerness radiating through Cootie bounces off the technicolor surroundings throughout Riley's Oakland, an absurdist wonderland where the mundane dissolves into animation and folks levitate in their bliss. "I'm a Virgo": Boots Riley's incredible, ungentle giant swing at late capitalism 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Yet until the end, she retained her curiosity, an eagerness to see what might be next.” The Gimlet Eye: A Poor Little Rich Girl at Christmas 2010-12-21T20:37:10Z The eagerness among Conservative Party supporters for “getting Brexit done,” as Johnson puts it, discounts cautious economic self-interest in favor of ideological commitment. How George Eliot’s “Middlemarch” Resonates in the England of 2019 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Barry and Robin Gibb, who traded off lead vocals, each brought a tremulous drama to their melodies, a striking mixture of eagerness and hesitancy. How the Bee Gees Stayed Alive 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Such people exploit the eagerness of outsiders to believe Africans are capable of the very worst. The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief by VS Naipaul 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z That’s why I believed it. You don’t normally see that much eagerness to atone and write a big check based on an unsubstantiated report. Was the KFC story a hoax? 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Balancing the mechanicals’ scenes are the ones focusing on the foursome of mismatched young lovers, whose antics have a youthful mix of eagerness and awkwardness. Review: A ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ That’s More Speedy Than Dreamy 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z An eagerness to promote short-term grievances into long-term grudges is detrimental to family harmony. Perspective | Miss Manners: I feel robbed of my potluck wedding 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Snook's polished chill balances Shiv's painful eagerness to be taken seriously by a boy's club that never will. "Succession" returns after two years, and the Roy family hasn't changed a bit 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z In its eagerness to be all things to all viewers, the busy-ness of it all too often threatened to bubble over and spoil the pudding. The Hour's back and better than ever 2012-11-09T16:00:00Z Why this eagerness to pour new content into old vessels? The 9/11 Decade: Outdone by Reality 2011-09-01T16:55:45Z I took pride in her eagerness to engage with my imaginary friends like cherished family members. "Dear Father" letters and DNA tests 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z The eagerness to smear the men, the simultaneous confidence that the guy they know could not possibly be involved in something bad, perpetuate the stigmas that other men face when they talk about their experiences. Rep. Jim Jordan’s “locker room talk” denial: Waving off sex abuse complaints shows limits o... 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z I wonder if he sensed my eagerness and it repelled him. Modern Love: So Much in Common, in Name Only 2012-07-12T18:26:59Z In our eagerness to treat Oscar victories as career capstones, do we pay too little attention to the opportunities that are supposed to come afterward, yet often don’t? After Her Oscar Win, Will Michelle Yeoh Get to Lead Again? 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Despite her ambivalence to the proposal of cutting a demo with him or anyone, and her eagerness to flee back to England, Greta sticks around. Review: ‘Begin’ celebrates healing power of music 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Po’s clumsy, goofy eagerness no longer seems quite as amusing now that he is a psychologically damaged warrior. | 'Kung Fu Panda 2': A Noble Panda Takes On a Nightmare Enemy 2011-05-25T21:42:30Z That eagerness to enlighten characterizes this comedy’s gentle, considerate tone. Review: ‘The Little Death’ Plays With Narrative Form and Fetish 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z “Dear Broadway,” he begins, all wide eyes and eagerness. ‘Spacebar,’ a Play About a Play, by Michael Mitnick 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Lisa’s flaxen hair and wholesome eagerness do not quite match the knotty intensity of her story about a girl suffering from an eating disorder. | 'Collected Stories': Linda Lavin as Donald Margulies?s Vision of Faded Fame 2010-04-28T23:01:00Z But Ramsay melts like butter in front of the kids, and their confidence and eagerness is an antidote to a reality television landscape that is otherwise often cynical and petty. “Kids cut themselves far less than adults”: Inside “MasterChef Junior,” the best cooking show on television 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z He was an Englishman deeply attuned to classic American overfriendliness, and as Gruber, he plucked our eagerness to be liked and trusted like a string on a harp. Alan Rickman: A Great Voice, and So Much More 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z He is confused by his family's eagerness to overlook Dickie's drug abuse, and his desire not to disappoint his mom by losing bouts eventually drives Micky from the ring. Mark Wahlberg comes up a winner with "The Fighter" 2010-12-10T19:16:00Z It’s also underscored the consequences of Trump’s eagerness to spread misinformation about everything from the magnitude of the threat posed by the virus, to untested and potentially dangerous treatments. Coronavirus Notebook: Finding Solace, and Connection, in Classic Books 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Here the limitations of habit — one dancer’s eagerness and the other’s ineptitude — yield choreographic invention, two dispositions producing a third. Jonathan Royse Windham’s ‘Creatures of Habit’ at Dixon Place 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z But the real key to any future success likely will be what it always was: Ray's eagerness to keep a frenetic working pace. Rachael Ray still stirring the pot as everywoman 2010-10-21T16:23:00Z As he repeatedly ran his hands through his hair, the young storyteller spoke with an anxious eagerness to bypass small talk in favor of vulnerability. Cooper Raiff, Arriving Early to the Party 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The bidders’ eagerness was reflected in surprising world records set for works that would hardly have caused such a sensation only a decade ago. Auctions: Eagerness to Buy Old Masters at Odds With Their Availability in Auctions 2011-07-08T12:00:05Z To compound this, it's evident that Jahmene has had a genuinely difficult life and his eagerness to discuss it has become his primary selling point, which isn't much fun. X Factor 2012: who should win? 2012-12-05T12:37:01Z He didn’t “move with the frothy enthusiasm and frightened eagerness of most rookies,” Mr. Bryant writes. Books Of the Times: ?The Last Hero,? Howard Bryant on Henry Aaron 2010-05-09T21:56:00Z Mint is supremely suitable for the nascent days of spring, when your eagerness for brighter, longer days might still have to contend with abrupt snowstorms and hostile wind chill factors. A next-level grilled cheese, thanks to halloumi and mint you grew yourself 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, on the other side of the coin, there's been the almost gleeful eagerness to question whether the Argento development reveals a flimsiness to the whole #MeToo movement. Asia Argento, sexual assault accuser and accused: One #MeToo story doesn’t cancel out the other 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Such doubts about the place of your own culture in the world and an eagerness to embrace the Other are less fervent elsewhere, but not uncommon. Critic?s Notebook: Quai Branly Museum in Paris Glorifies the ?Other? 2011-11-25T23:47:39Z My happiness and eagerness started to turn to anxiety and disbelief. ‘black-ish’ Creator and Actor Again Walk on a Political Tightrope 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z John Legend, an executive producer, said the duo’s eagerness to lean into their eccentricities is the key to the show’s appeal. ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ Is Back, Silly Smarts Intact 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z But Holland, as both Parker and Spidey, is always fun to watch: His bumbling uncertainty and his boyish eagerness make him believable not just as a crime fighter but as a kid. Review: The New Spider-Man’s Coolest Superpower? He's Just a Kid 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z One running theme of the series is the guests’ vocal eagerness to humble themselves before Beyoncé and her empire; DJ Khaled tells an anecdote that doubles as an ace performance of cozy obeisance. Four Shows at the Center of a Golden Age of Hip-Hop Television 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z It would be her presence and authenticity, her eagerness to find joy and companionship. How dogs rescued me from an eating disorder 2014-02-22T23:00:00Z “Lois carries a spark, an eagerness and alertness, even in repose.” Lois Smith’s Year of Working Constantly 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z There was an eagerness to bridge artistic and personal and ideological gaps, sometimes all at once. David Murray: A jazz innovator leads from the center to the edge 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z His eagerness to include every detail of Powell’s life results in a volume that is far too long. ‘Wail’: A biography of Bebop piano pioneer Bud Powell 2013-06-26T22:25:54Z Toot's slick, clever little show plays astutely on that desire, manipulating the audience's eagerness to be winners in the game of life. Ten out of Ten – review 2013-07-16T14:39:29Z Often better heard than seen, with his physical antics, Mr. Lang is a disarming presence here in his eagerness to soak up Mr. Harnoncourt’s wisdom. An Austrian Maestro’s Career, Seen Through His Recordings 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Both share in this context an exuberant, childlike incandescence, an unstinting eagerness to convey a story in all its colors and textures and feelings. At Taproot, Tracy Michelle Hughes ignites ‘Pretty Fire’ 2014-03-13T20:13:41Z Evelyn, dark haired and nervous, with trusting eyes and a tremor in her voice, is the servant whose eagerness to please is met with coldness, and whose slightest lapses are severely punished. ‘The Duke of Burgundy’ Is an Erotic Hothouse Flower 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Even more than Mr. Spader did, Mr. Izzard shows a sudden, raw eagerness to get it right with a person of another gender and skin color. | 'Race': Eddie Izzard in David Mamet?s ?Race? 2010-07-01T02:01:00Z In their eagerness to get a couple of final digs in before Ross departs, however, the reports missed the point. Channel 4 launches comedy roast shows 2010-04-05T06:00:00Z The effect is enhanced by Kehlani’s seeming hunger for vulnerability across the board, and her eagerness to use this album to showcase the voices of other women willing to be as frank as she is. Review: Kehlani’s ‘SweetSexySavage’ Gives Love an R&B Workout 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z What makes it riveting anyway is its eagerness to admit, and to subtly criticize by juxtaposition, all arguments. Review: In ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning,’ a Red-State Unicorn 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Despite his eagerness to honor Christie’s detective, he admits he never read her books while growing up. David Suchet Reflects on 25 Years as Poirot 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Degree of neurosis: Self-destructive alcoholism and gambling are combined with an eagerness to entertain that hints at a deep-seated lack of self-worth. ‘Mank’ and More Movies With Screenwriters as Main Characters 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Bidders displayed the same eagerness as the day before, and the reasons triggering their sudden bouts of enthusiasm were as elusive as ever. 2010-02-12T15:25:00Z Cromwell portrays Brown as both a cagey strategist and an unreasonable but necessary risk-taker, righteous and common-sensical, save for his eagerness to sacrifice himself and his followers. ‘Emperor’ Review: A Once-Enslaved Man Has a Date With Destiny 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z The reader’s curiosity about what landed him in a wheelchair is about all that drives the narrative, other than eagerness for the next quotable quip. ‘Quicksand’ review: A zany, and trying, tale of a man who can’t catch a break 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Still, with so much energy and eagerness to please, it’s easy to be enthused. Review: ‘Heneral Luna’ Is a Patriotic Biopic That Aspires to Epicness 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z You saw this over and over — an eagerness among Chinese and Americans to impress one another, yet wildly basic misunderstandings because of language and cultural differences. Theater: David Henry Hwang?s ?Chinglish? 2011-10-23T03:27:21Z There is an attentiveness to the varied ages of visitors, an attempt to engage families in multiple interactions, an eagerness to share experiences. Theme Park Review: Where Park Visitors Answer a Call to Battle 2011-06-21T17:14:18Z Besides, the bandleader's own agenda soon cools the sergeant's eagerness. 'Mr. Kill': Butting heads with injustice 2011-12-01T21:48:03Z Schreck also thinks the play’s success speaks to an eagerness for a measured brand of public discourse. ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ is coming to the Kennedy Center, with its star 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The very thing that keeps them on the road is that sense of transience, and their eagerness to make the most of it. My generation, living on the road 2014-04-20T23:59:00Z Yet in Lee’s eagerness to be enraged, he glosses over the profound complexities of neighborhood flux. Spike Lee’s epic anti-gentrification speech 2014-02-26T15:53:00Z You should tell her you’re happy for her, express an eagerness to meet her new guy and keep your admonitions gentle and based in friendship. Perspective | Ask Amy: Girlfriend wonders how to exit abusive relationship 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z But amazingly, I was able to bury this realization beneath my embarrassment and eagerness to get on with the next phase of my life. I fall for strangers: I thought my fantasies made me writerly and special — it took decades to see how they were ruining my life 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The special eagerness to pull off a flawless evening Wednesday had its beginnings in the brouhaha that erupted after a couple of party-crashers penetrated the Obamas' first state dinner in November. State dinner has it all: Beyonce, world-class chef 2010-05-20T10:53:00Z The atmosphere in the room, as the night went on, was of the usual comedy-club eagerness to laugh coupled with a palpable joy at what could be laughed about. “Halal in the Family”: The Sitcom We Need 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The babel of voices and accents, their snarls, their drawls, their short, clipped phrases or long, flowing rambles, their clarity or muddle, their eagerness or depression, reveal their regional origins, their class, their temperament. Modernity Britain: Opening the Box by David Kynaston – review 2013-06-15T07:01:01Z To the eye, the members of this training program for high school and college-age musicians presented an image of radiant youth and eagerness; to the ear, a plush, pillowy sound that was glamorously old-fashioned. Review: New York String Orchestra Offers Youthful Energy and a Lush Sound 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z The industry’s eagerness to recycle is not hard to explain. Nearing the endgame: is Hollywood's lust for sequels destroying cinema? 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z It took me a while to figure out his persona: his eagerness to please, his love of his band, his eloquence and violent vision. 'If Bruce Springsteen had been British he would have been Leo Sayer' – a classic feature from the vaults 2012-11-13T15:39:23Z That eagerness to appease could explain Donald Sutherland’s performance as Father Mapple, the preacher who delivers his homily about Jonah and the whale from a pulpit shaped like a ship’s prow. Television Review: Ahab Has a Wife and a Heart. Oh, and a Whale. 2011-07-31T22:18:03Z Because we have seen these men as boys, their eagerness to join the cause comes across as not much different from joining a gang in high school and enduring its initiation. ‘Horses of God,’ Nabil Ayouch’s Film About Islamic Extremism 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z The fact that this one did so well proves that the eagerness to buy that prevailed before the recession is as strong as it used to be. 2010-02-07T05:26:00Z She made the most of each moment, playing with brightness, mystery, eagerness — whatever the music called for. A Rare Side-by-Side of a Thrilling Stravinsky 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z We’ve been scrambling a lot of late at The Style Invitational, thanks to the eagerness of anagram buffs in the Loser Community. Style Invitational Week 1423: Muddled heads — anagram a headline 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Krakowski’s eagerness to be back onstage radiates off her, and she says she has seen nearly every production from the most recent season. Jane Krakowski Cherishes ‘Chorus Line’ Merch and Old Tonys Tapings 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The film’s eagerness doesn’t obscure the soundness of many of the observations, though an American history timeline is ruined by puerile voice-over. Movie Review: ‘Split: A Deeper Divide,’ Directed by Kelly Nyks‘ 2012-10-12T01:51:34Z He refers to loose mercury as “supple spheres,” a “silver lentil,” “futuristic metal” and “a pecan-sized glob,” illustrating this book’s eagerness to present elements as slangily, irreverently and colorfully as possible. Books of The Times: Sam Kean?s ?Disappearing Spoon? Explores Elements 2010-08-04T22:41:00Z But the de Young gala, which raised $1.2 million, underscored the eagerness of museums across the country to embrace fashion. Museums Are Finding Room for Couturiers 2011-04-20T20:58:21Z There was something suspicious about the eagerness with which the symbol of protest was taken up by entities, like N.F.L. teams, that had previously squashed Black Lives Matter activism in their ranks. 8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z In his eagerness to finally ask Ms. Chang to be his wife, he didn’t anchor the camera in the sand sturdily. It Was ‘Like We Were in Love in Another Life’ 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z As a book-lover myself, all this talk is manna, even if the eagerness to drink deep stems from a vague fear that soon the well may soon dry up. The precious unprinted contents of books 2010-08-13T12:14:00Z The shoes proclaim power but also an eagerness to demonstrate fluency in a specific idiom of youth culture. The Normcore Opulence of Preachers Wearing Four-Figure Sneakers 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Patriotism and eagerness to welcome back Mr. Levine trumped “Rheingold” tradition on Monday night, when the Met opened its season with the director ’s new production, the first installment of a complete “Ring” cycle. Music Review: At Met, the New ?Ring? Is Mostly a Success 2010-09-28T06:30:00Z What characterizes these newer players are an instinct for mixing and matching musical genres, particularly hip-hop and R&B, an eagerness to defy gender norms, and often a quirkier presence that young fans respond to. Pop Music Makes Way for the Post-Diva Star 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z If this book has a unifying theme, it is the eagerness of young Muslims in every culture to find musical expression that feels honest and a safe haven in an endlessly combative world. Books of The Times: ‘Rebel Music,’ by Hisham D. Aidi 2014-04-23T21:51:25Z Travel is rebounding in the United States with gusto, as vaccination rates rise, restrictions loosen around the country and would-be travelers act on their eagerness to reunite with family and friends. 5 Things to Know About Booking a Summer Rental 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Kimmel admitted he liked the controversy, however, describing himself as a "fighter" and attributing his eagerness to go up against powerful figures to his Italian blood and morning radio background. Jimmy Kimmel addresses late night in the era of Trump: “Some nights the news is too grim to ign... 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Hence my eagerness to join in with the excitement around the admirable Criterion Collection's lavish DVD release of Sweet Smell of Success – Alexander Mackendrick's masterpiece of greed, amorality and one-liners to die for. There's a Sweet Smell of Success about The Social Network 2011-02-18T14:52:38Z In their eagerness to display dazzling empathy and solidarity, they only muddied the current conversation about race. Perspective | Congress’s kente cloth spectacle was a mess of contradictions 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z She opens it, sees the Rochester of Michael Fassbender and lunges at him with almost lustful eagerness, feasting on his face as she kisses him. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z Sophie sometimes tags along with a group of British teenagers, eavesdropping on their naughty banter and observing their horseplay with an eagerness that might make a watchful parent anxious. ‘Aftersun’ Review: A Father and Time 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z In her eagerness to run a tough story, Ms. Mapes didn’t bother to nail down the authenticity of those documents. When Journalism Catches Hollywood’s Eye 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Still, his eagerness often ran up against his tendency to overthink things. Losing Control With Riz Ahmed 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Naifeh said that Mr. Smith’s eagerness to take on ever more elaborate projects was his way of challenging his medical diagnosis. Joye Cottage, a Love Story 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Its eagerness to please is a reminder of the long shadow cast by the Weinsteins over the mainstream end of foreign-language cinema down the years – something that's beginning to loom once again. Populaire success: the Weinsteins' ambiguous magic 2013-05-29T17:03:59Z Your animal instincts as a reader — the tingling of the skin, the eagerness to pick the book back up — may be engaged before the rest of you is. ‘Intimacies,’ a Coolly Written Novel About the Arts of Translation and Power 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z If only that eagerness had translated into a more exciting performance. Review | Even a great orchestra needs a great conductor: Concertgebouw pales at Kennedy Center 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Nora figured out how to exploit their eagerness to follow directions and made them her minions, her own little girl gang. Are we good girls yet? My adventures in “modern dog parenting” 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The story traces the dynamics of the boys’ friendships—and Eykelboom’s eagerness to be accepted. This Week in Fiction: Brad Watson 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Still, his eagerness to fulfill social expectations does not mean he does not pay attention to the way women react when the bill comes at the end of the date. Paying while dating: meet the men who pick up the check (and those who don't) 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z One of the great revelations of the rise of podcasting is the format’s eagerness to lift the curtain on the journalistic process and mine the method for material. The Art of the Taboo Podcast Interview 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Like Ms. Vowell’s earlier books “The Wordy Shipmates” and “Assassination Vacation,” this one is fueled by her interest in her own emotions and reactions, and her eagerness to entertain. Books of The Times: Some Stuff She Knows About Hawaii 2011-04-17T20:53:54Z The life-sapping nature of Mr. Leader’s book derives primarily from its eagerness to take every possible detour along the way to relating Bellow’s life. Review: Zachary Leader’s ‘The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964’ 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Even as we try to encourage more diverse books, our eagerness — and capacity — to rain down hellfire on authorial missteps and insensitivities, conscious or unconscious, has radically increased. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z But as eagerness to do more with facial verification grew, the kiosks became less appealing to some lawmakers and C.B.P. officials. Whatever Happened to Those Self-Service Passport Kiosks at Airports? 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z He indulges in anthropomorphism: Bookcases “stare,” books display an attitude of “mute resentment,” trees “press forward with desperate eagerness.” John Banville’s New Murder Mystery Starts Like a Game of Clue 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z I’m trying to conceal my eagerness to hear it. Tom Frank interviews Barbara Ehrenreich: “You’re the anti-Ayn Rand” 2014-04-06T11:00:00Z He issued advice about the fair’s folk exhibits with his trademark mixture of eagerness, excitement and pedantry. Books of The Times: He Heard America Singing 2011-01-30T17:14:05Z At the other extreme is a character called Landlorde — the “e,” he says, is a “baroque flourish” — who sets about his project of gentrification with the erotic eagerness of Dracula. Review: Hipsters Double-Check Their Privilege in ‘Cute Activist’ 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z And no union exists for models, whose youth and eagerness for a measure of stardom make them disinclined to complain. Male Models Say Mario Testino and Bruce Weber Sexually Exploited Them 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z With Keough, there is no eagerness to please, no need to impress or to have all eyes on her. The Riddle of Riley Keough 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z It’s never a question that Bryan will leak it to the press, but his eagerness to do so suggests that he’s already on that slippery slope. ‘Billions’ Season 1, Episode 8: The Miseducation of Bryan Connerty 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z But by that Monday, Raimi's dissatisfaction with the script and the producers' eagerness for a new movie had come to a head. Rebooting 'Spider-Man,' in a flash 2012-06-27T21:01:15Z The Finale, for Dudamel, is more adventure than drama, nothing damping down his eagerness for optimism. The orchestral worlds of Los Angeles and Venezuela collide for Beethoven's Ninth at Disney Concert Hall 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z My guess is that he is an actor and that he, like me, grabbed at the chance for this experience out of eagerness for theater’s return. Review: The Compassion of ‘A Thousand Ways (Part Two)’ 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z But the filmmakers’ attempt to face up to the truth of the fast-receding German past is marred by a strange nostalgia, a troubling eagerness to write a German version of Greatest Generation mythology. Movie Listings for Jan. 17-23 2014-01-16T23:16:58Z “If you lose your eagerness in life, that is precisely depression,’ Higgins says. Here's the Secret to Sticking to Your New Year's Resolutions 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z And if you are a theater fan still waiting on a vaccine, it also invites conflicting emotions — excitement, indecision, eagerness, fear — because any social interaction involves risk. Go or No? An Indoor Theater Invitation (at Last!) Needs an R.S.V.P. 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Jefferson’s eagerness to give away seeds and plants was “a great lesson about sharing stuff,” Mr. Hatch said, “so that when it dies at your house, you can go to your neighbors for a replacement.” In the Garden: Jefferson?s Vegetable Garden Still Grows at Monticello 2010-07-01T13:37:00Z “Cancel culture,” Twitter invective, and an eagerness to condemn, rather than converse, can only strip democracy of its essential scaffolding. My regrettable libertarian romance: I rebounded from my experimental phase, but many don't 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Perhaps that is what’s at the bottom of his desire to communicate about music: a boyish eagerness to make contact, to share, to play. Perspective | Michael Tilson Thomas was once the ‘bad boy of classical music.’ Now, at 74, he still conducts with childlike delight. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Most of the major Republican candidates and the Republican National Committee condemned Trump’s comment with an eagerness and alacrity they would not have shown had Kim Kardashian said it. Like It or Not, Donald Trump Is News 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Many entered it with eagerness; many were killed. Viewing World War I Through the Prism of the Personal 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z In my eagerness to see who might nibble on the bobbing object, I was reluctant to look away for even a moment. Great white sharks abound at a marine sanctuary just off the San Francisco coast 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Levine’s shrugging hip-hop affectations are spot-on and funny, and Mr. Ashe’s anxious eagerness to ingratiate himself with his friend strikes a touching chord. Review: ‘Kill Floor,’ a Drama About the Beef Dividing a Mother and Son 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z I turned the pages with interest — Mr. Vásquez is a gifted writer — but without special eagerness. Books of The Times: ‘The Sound of Things Falling,’ by Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2013-07-30T17:03:23Z He also expressed an eagerness to investigate the viability of Amazon streaming events such as the World Cup. Jeff Bezos: 'I want Amazon to win an Oscar' 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Shakespeare was “ungentle,” as in boorish, but also not of the gentlemanly class, despite his eagerness to rise in Elizabethan society. Katherine Duncan-Jones, Who Cast Shakespeare as a Boor, Dies at 81 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z In the archives, they found evidence of early administrators’ eagerness to recruit students from the South. Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Does the eagerness of people to believe in someone super ever frighten you? Chris Pine: my heroic journey as Jack Frost 2012-11-29T20:00:05Z There are few movie experiences more taxing than the picture that signals its eagerness to ingratiate, then spends minute after tedious minute tugging on the viewer’s sleeve to no effect. ‘Slumberland’ Review: A Land of No Enchantment 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z One comes to admire Clark's poised diffidence, his lack of eagerness to please. Dan Clark ? review 2011-04-11T17:30:52Z And at the center of those gifts is Yang’s eagerness to push past boundaries. Yang is named national ambassador for young people’s literature 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z And based on the eagerness of magazines to put hot moms on their covers — with a boast of how many pounds lost and in how few weeks — you might think that that’s the norm. Kendra Wilkinson’s stretch marks: Giving the finger to unrealistic “flaunting her post-baby body” standards 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z “There are historians who in their eagerness to discover the slave perspective have averted our attention from the ways in which slavery really was a horrible, unjust institution, but he doesn’t cite them,” she said. Henry Wiencek’s ‘Master of the Mountain’ Irks Historians 2012-11-26T22:31:39Z The students who remain earn your sympathy, either for their eagerness to turn their lives around or for their cluelessness about their own limitations, and what it takes to get and hold a job. Television Review: ‘Get to Work’ on Sundance Channel 2012-08-12T21:31:01Z His batch of new films — a goofy sex farce, an earnest morality tale and a bloody crime thriller — suggest an eagerness not just to keep busy but also to stretch. the new season Film: Ryan Gosling and ?Ides of March? 2011-09-14T12:00:05Z Sometimes I would see my ex-wife on the street and she would turn away with an eagerness that could not be ignored. Modern Love: Learning to Measure Time in Love and Loss 2013-12-26T21:21:46Z Dawber posits of Williams’s unending eagerness to please, “My personal opinion of it was that he probably didn’t get enough of his mother.” A Comic Force of Nature: The Life — and Death — of Robin Williams 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z As in many contributions to the genre that Samuel Smiles, only a year after “Manly Health” first appeared, would christen “Self-Help,” there’s something provisional and hucksterish about Whitman’s proscriptions, an eagerness for validation. Lessons on Male Insecurity (and Indigestion) from Walt Whitman’s Men’s-Health Column 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z It’s a situation shot through with irony: For all their eagerness to toss out the norms of Western marital relations, Nell and Fen are still struggling to play the traditional roles of husband and wife. ‘Euphoria,’ a novel based on Margaret Mead, by Lily King But they’re also just too easy, with their wet noses and broad pink tongues and eagerness to please. Review: ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ Amuses, but Misses Opportunities 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Fairchild was a poetic-enough Romeo, shedding some of his puppy eagerness for manly fervor, but his part has its limits. Review: Original Leads Return in City Ballet’s ‘Romeo + Juliet’ 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z But in this rendition, Ariel and Prince Eric share an eagerness for adventure and thirst for knowledge that outweigh their desire for romance. Halle Bailey: ‘The Little Mermaid’ Star Connects With Her Inner Ariel 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Osipova throws herself into Ashton's frantic footwork with glee and girlish eagerness. Sir Frederick Ashton's Romeo & Juliet ? review 2011-07-16T23:06:38Z She felt something else entirely: the kind of eagerness born of waiting for years to seal the deal on a romance in which everything went right. They Waited 5 Years (and 45 Minutes) to Marry 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z I guess I’m not widely known for my witty rapport or eagerness to go outside. 'We tenderly drop the vibrator into the bin': how I Marie Kondo'd my whole life 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z For many shows it has been a slow climb to reopening, as they navigated changing regulations and gauged the eagerness of crowds to return. Headliners and Headdresses Return to Las Vegas. Will Tourists Follow? 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z If that constantly changing roster might pose problems — five concertmasters are listed in the program book, and 15 horns — it also lends an eagerness to the playing. A Road Trip to Sample America’s Many, Many Music Festivals 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z They reveal an eagerness to forget the past and suggest that there's a touch of Sarah Palin, the new tea parties and a buried anti-Obama backlash here. The Blind Side | Film review 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z "His eagerness and enthusiasm got the better of his weakness until it was barely noticeable." Kurt Schwitters: the modernist master in exile 2013-01-06T00:06:24Z Now I am constantly aware of their eagerness to please, with younger hosts, a sleeker format, fewer songs, whatever, and I find it kind of sad. Film: Best Movie Query? You Win 2011-02-23T17:20:40Z “How long will you be back in town?” she asks, concealing her eagerness. Red Hot Chili Peppers Honor Eddie Van Halen, and 10 More New Songs 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Her wide-eyed eagerness is swiftly put in check when the dean asks each woman to stand up and say something about themselves, including “why you’re occupying a place that could have gone to a man”. How today's female directors broke out of 'movie jail' 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Her reluctance to socialize is just like your eagerness to, a normal variation in a normal personality. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Instead of saying ‘None of your business,’ try ‘None of my business’ 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z It is not just the usual lairy eagerness of his fans – there's a feeling something different might happen. Noel Gallagher | Pop review 2010-03-26T21:30:00Z Abstract art from this eclectic collection was chased with the same eagerness. A New Era for Postwar and Contemporary Art 2010-05-14T11:30:00Z Ralph Angel has the physical stamina, good intentions, and eagerness to help, but his impulsiveness causes him to make bad decisions. Queen Sugar: why it's a time travel show for black audiences 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Today, however, thanks to the exquisite voices of singers like Mr. Asawa and David Daniels — and the eagerness of such singers to commission new work — countertenors have embarked on a vigorous revival. Brian Asawa, Celebrated Countertenor and Pathbreaker at the Met, Dies at 49 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z They describe an unabashed and inquisitive schmoozer, guileless in his eagerness to offer advice or simply chat. Richard Plepler of HBO Stands Tall in New York’s Cultural Elite 2012-09-21T15:57:49Z And where Vivian Girls’ kinetic energy carried harmonies that were occasionally dissonant, tempos too fast, recordings ramshackle, La Sera — Italian for “the evening” — is clean and confident, only really aggressive in its eagerness to please. La Sera's ‘Hour of the Dawn' sugary and jagged | New recordings 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z This allows you to see the warmth between the women, how they spark off each other, and to fully absorb their differences — the eagerness in one face, the exhaustion in the other. ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Review: Two Glorious Sides of Tilda Swinton 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Trey Songz, 25, still has the eagerness, swagger and nerve of a young man who hasn’t yet been taxed by his desires. Music Review: A Hands-On Approach to Entertaining His Fans 2010-09-17T22:35:00Z Mrs. Clinton’s eagerness to become a grandmother has been a running joke since her daughter wed almost four years ago. Hillary Clinton won’t be “President Nana” 2014-04-18T14:14:00Z In his analysis, the power of his character in “The Consultant” rests in little more than people’s eagerness to follow someone who assumes an air of authority. Christoph Waltz Has Some Thoughts 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Dmitrichenko has been popular with dancers for his eagerness to defy management in support of other dancers. Battle for control over Bolshoi escalates 2013-03-20T14:18:31Z In its eagerness to spotlight the women’s present-day lives, it leaves Beatriz’s back story seriously underdeveloped. Review: On the Road With Mom in ‘Miss You Like Hell’ 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z But there was no fight on Friday: Wilkins stayed sober and ramrod-straight, and the music’s eagerness gradually faded from the performance. NSO’s ‘New Moves’ festival closes with Jessica Lang and Leila Josefowicz His eagerness for work led to some lightweight TV assignments over the years on drama and comedy series, including a recurring role on “Designing Women,” opposite his wife, the late Dixie Carter. Perspective | From Twain to Deep Throat, Hal Holbrook left an indelible mark on American entertainment 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z In the face of such overarching eagerness, do a humble reviewer’s words have even a glancing significance for the box office? Review | The charms of Harry Potter work on Broadway — but read the books first 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z But I still took that playfulness and eagerness into the performance. Stephen Graham: ‘The Irishman was my Champions League final’ 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Sunday night had a much more interesting, and overall healthier, balance of positivity, eagerness and joy. For a Broadway Torn by a Pandemic, a Split-Personalities Tonys 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z But the canine’s tale speaks to the tendencies of the human heart: our eagerness to rally around a common purpose, and our hope of recovering something loved and lost. Her dog went missing in the middle of the pandemic — and a neighborhood of strangers found a mission 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Depression is an isolating illness, and your sister’s eagerness to connect and talk about it seems to result in you feeling even more isolated from her. Perspective | Ask Amy: Chronic depression is constant topic 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Watching the scene a second time, though, their eagerness actually reads as desperation. 'Mad Men' recap: Goodbye to Shangri-La 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z The audience now knows and loves her burning Romantic intensity and her rapturous, youthful eagerness, though even these aspects of temperament change from role to role. Critic?s Notebook: From a Season Aloft, High Hopes Linger 2011-06-14T22:48:59Z We overlook our own eagerness to self-administer fixes, those sensory experiences that temporarily lift the mood while subtly detaching us from traditional human relationships. We are all addicts now 2013-05-11T23:00:00Z Worse, the luxury buildings and hotel — classic examples of government eagerness to trade public space for easy money — would gobble up valuable parkland. Architecture Review | Brooklyn Bridge Park: Brooklyn Bridge Park Opens First Phase of Large Project 2010-04-01T22:47:00Z It was “Out of Africa” chic, a look that connoted an eagerness for adventure and a checkbook for ready retreat should things get hairy. Critical Shopper | Herm?s Madison for Men: Kitsch With a Pedigree 2010-03-04T06:20:00Z This is a show that badly wants to be liked, but in its eagerness it comes across as relentless and overly polished. Review: ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ Is a Feast of Pop Nostalgia 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Jack White at Coachella tells us that a respect for tradition can coexist with an eagerness to evolve. Jack White bridges the genres at Coachella 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z But the insistence that things are always getting better can lead to a kind of retrospective magical thinking, an eagerness to declare that the problems of the past have been solved once and forever. Hollywood, Separate and Unequal 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z What also becomes uncomfortably clear is the eagerness of Arkansas politicians and justices to let this unsatisfying compromise be the end of the matter, once and for all. Movie Review: ‘West of Memphis,’ by Amy Berg, on ‘West Memphis Three’ 2012-12-24T21:26:52Z In Sotheby’s sale, the contrast between the eagerness to buy and the lack of intrinsic quality or interest of many works was startling. When Discourse Has the Upper Hand Over Art 2010-06-25T11:00:00Z And much of the charm in What Men Want, her broad and exuberant new romp, comes from her eagerness to act the giddy goat. Taraji P Henson: 'Hollywood didn't grasp my talent' 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z And in your eagerness to show a different side. Adam Lambert on new album 'The Original High': 'I know who I am now' 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The fetching Ashley Shaw, a veteran of Bourne’s New Adventures company, lent warmth and eagerness to dance hopeful Victoria Page. Review | Matthew Bourne’s ‘The Red Shoes’: Lovely when focused on what he knows best 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z But in his eagerness to touch and oblige his audience and in his determination to ennoble Steinbeck’s characters with soaring, lush music, Mr. Gordon indulges his every instinct as a composer. Music Review: Collegiate Choral, With Jane Fonda, in a Concert Version 2010-03-23T22:18:00Z The source of such charity, I suspect, is humility, and it manifests as an eagerness to step aside, to suppress one’s ego. Sue Miller’s ‘Monogamy’ Begins With an Ending 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z That eagerness promotes the impulse to see novels not as creative acts of imagination, but more as paint-by-numbers or cut-and-paste versions of an author’s life experiences. Review: Elena Ferrante Wants Privacy. Her New Book Implies Otherwise. 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Service experience aside, Whaley’s has the foundation upon which a classic neighborhood restaurant is built: an eagerness to please, an inviting space and a menu tightly focused on flavor and value. Whaley’s review: An urban twist on boardwalk seafood 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z As one train may hide another, our trysts veiled an eagerness to explore a darker landscape. Modern Love: My Illness, the Third Partner in Our Relationship 2014-04-24T19:30:01Z Mismanaging his urge to blame, he takes his daughter's eagerness to leave innocence behind as an affront. In Liana Liberato We 'Trust': A 14-Year-Old's Harrowing Turn Elevates Tale of Pain and Pedophilia 2011-03-31T20:35:00Z "As simultaneous Web and television use gains popularity, television producers will be encouraged to create Web sites that feed off viewers' eagerness to react to what they are watching," the report said. 2010-01-19T12:32:00Z It’s eagerness, curiosity and excitement, followed by fear and how the hell am I going to get through this? Dev Patel Goes for Shock and Awe 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Tarek’s homesickness may be poignant, but it’s the soldiers’ eagerness to cross the border — and our knowledge of what awaits them — that bites. Movie Review: ‘When I Saw You’ Delivers a Child’s View of War 2014-01-14T22:59:17Z On the whole, however, this high-pitched language fits the emotional turmoil, the clappy-and-they-know-it eagerness of the setting and the Donna Tartt-style thrills when tragedy that befalls one of the principal characters. Not the Booker prize 2012: The Revelations by Alex Preston 2012-09-25T14:27:51Z The adult actors play their teenage characters with a touch of exaggeration, suggesting both the volatile eagerness of youth and that Chisholm is interested in the origins and politics of self-presentation. ‘Hooded; or Being Black for Dummies’ Review: A Tragic Pageantry 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z In its gaudy eagerness and exposed earnestness, sentimentality is, in effect, the opposite of cool. People Who Like Celine Dion Are People, Too 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z His arms race-like passion for the latest gadgets point to an eagerness to push his music forward, but details of efforts to customize and rewire early synthesizers will satisfy only the most devout gear-heads. Herbie Hancock's memoir recalls a creative life and all that jazz But the company’s staging of Strauss’s “Elektra,” opening on April 14, has been awaited with particular eagerness, and has already been deemed a milestone in the career of its director, Patrice Chéreau. A Powerful ‘Elektra,’ Sheep at the Armory and Other Spring Classical Highlights 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z My curiosity about what had really occurred felt misguided, a little unsophisticated, and, like the eagerness for mild slander that’s dislodged after a glass and a half of wine, impossible to contain. The Inappropriately Intimate Exchanges of Barbara Browning 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z He suggests that the same traits that make his people distinctive — suspicion of outsiders, resistance to authority, devotion to kin, eagerness to fight — make it hard for them to thrive in modern American society. ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Review: I Remember Mamaw 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The antiques market’s eagerness to survive has made prices for much midtier material very attractive. Signs of Rebound in Antiques Market 2010-02-18T00:24:00Z You can feel the eagerness, the need, to get things said before it’s too late. After Harvard, Dispatches of Adulthood 2012-04-13T22:21:53Z No, it is the watermelon’s eagerness to join any party in sight. Pete Wells Picks the Best Fruits of Summer. (Sorry, Plums.) 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z I hate the eagerness of so many people to find bad guys and draw them to the world’s attention for public vilification. Sophie Hannah: By the Book 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Still, this preparation and eagerness to please don’t really detract. Jodi Picoult’s New Novel Reviewed by Roxane Gay 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z But that’s no surprise at this point: The Minions film represents the film industry’s eagerness to respond to what is popular by making more of that thing. This Is How Minions Took Over the World 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The intent is to lend the events of “Underground” a right-now sense of urgency with an eagerness to connect past and present. WGN’s thrilling escaped-slave drama ‘Underground’ is overdue — and right on time 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Before I mustered the energy to say anything, Ryan was pulling off my clothes with an eagerness as palpable as the first night we met. My unreal reality TV romance 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Way's dramatic ambition, along with his eagerness to engage dark themes, put him among the most idolized musicians of his generation, with a devoted fan base that pored over his lyrics in search of significance. After My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way is learning to let go 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Yet the host, Sarah Koenig, correctly judged the public’s appetite for true-crime stories, and eagerness to turn over the small details of a case for themselves, to the extent of contributing new information or witnesses. Serial is back – but can it make a difference in the gritty new era of true-crime podcasting? 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Pushing a performer’s body to its limits has always been a Synetic hallmark, along with an eagerness to incorporate elements of whatever other art forms can help to embroider an evening’s subject. Synetic Theater takes us all to hell 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z But as I crossed the Delaware River and left Pennsylvania behind, an eagerness for completion surged over me. In Transit Blog: Crossing the Finish Line 2011-10-24T18:48:16Z In the first pilot year we’ve seen hunger drop in the families that access the market and a real eagerness to change eating habits. The president of Martha’s Table dreams of equity for all but knows the challenges 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Then, suddenly, the men see the cliffs of their homeland and, mirroring their eagerness, the boat lands in five short words. Joan Acocella: Tolkien’s “Beowulf” 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Thanks in part to his blossoming modeling career as well as his deep romance with bull riding and his eagerness to promote it, he’s becoming the face of his former sport. The cowboy code: Bonner Bolton on being the model all-American man 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Don't be fooled by his schoolboy-ish eagerness – Costner's Eliot Ness can shove a bad guy off a roof, and then quip about it, with the best of them. Kevin Costner: five best moments 2013-06-14T16:12:31Z Was there something in my eagerness, my passion for life, my being ready for some sort of new activity? Ray Bradbury, writer who captivated a generation of sci-fi fans, dies at 91 2012-06-06T15:28:00Z And as the festival continued, the films that unspooled showed a welcome eagerness to engage with a world in the throes of dizzying political, economic and cultural change. At Cannes, films show appreciation for real world 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Contemporary horror films, often ruthless in their eagerness to deliver the ostensible scary goods, frequently decline to adhere to their own internal logic. ‘The Gallows Act II’ Review: The Play’s the Thing (That Kills) 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The second was his eagerness to do business. Chris Wallace takes on Vladimir Putin, and is not outfoxed 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z That exhibition was a testament to her ability to spot worthy art and trends, something that Mr. Govan said was aided by her eagerness to listen to artists and their ideas. Virginia Dwan, Behind-the-Scenes Force in the Art World, Dies at 90 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z During a postshow discussion Kiribu, a performer from a country that the program specified as “in eastern Africa,” spoke about her eagerness to choose dance over words as a form of healing. Dance Review: For Healing, Not Words but Bodies in Motion 2011-04-03T21:57:05Z Mr. Cheatom, in a breakout performance of understated charisma, exudes a mix of sensuality, fear, eagerness to please and angry menace that makes Buddy impossible to pigeonhole. Theater Review | 'The Book of Grace': At the Public, Suzan-Lori Parks?s Family Reunion 2010-03-18T03:57:00Z The quality that most distinguishes Mr. de Haas from his forerunners is his unguarded emotionality and eagerness to dive deep into a song and carry it as far as it will let him. Music Review: Darius de Haas in ‘If Only for One Night’ at 54 Below, 2012-12-05T23:00:46Z His skills as an entertainer can be overshadowed by his eagerness to hector. Review: John Grisham and Michael Connelly, Making Their Cases in New Novels 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z If anything, Professor Kagan often seemed amused at the eagerness of others to define him. Donald Kagan, Leading Historian of Ancient Greece, Dies at 89 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z They also meet Prince William’s polo instructor, who finds their childlike awe and eagerness amusing, up to a point. Arts & Leisure: Toasts for Royals, Spiked With Scorn 2011-04-20T15:02:28Z The deposit is reported to be evidence both of their eagerness to seal the deal, as well as possibly providing a degree of legal cover. Win or loss this week for Hansen’s NBA quest 2013-04-15T04:33:14Z What the museums all had, however, was an eagerness to challenge convention. Critic?s Notebook: Eccentricity Gives Way to Uniformity in Museums 2011-03-27T01:30:05Z That imperishable affability, that eagerness to please his Hollywood bosses, allows Chan to elude many of the indignities thrown his way in The Spy Next Door. 2010-01-16T19:10:00Z Then, whether as payback for their help or just out of his affinity for bullies, Trump openly declared, and continues to declare, his admiration for Putin and his eagerness to work with him. The Manchurian President: A classic Hollywood thriller tells us more about America than any history book 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Back then, his eagerness to blend jazz and soul influences with Afro-Cuban musical traditions helped lead a wave of innovation in salsa. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z By 1960, Dulles’ eagerness to please Kennedy extended to developing a fondness for the imaginative killing methods of James Bond, the British fictional spy code-named “007,” created by novelist Ian Fleming. JFK loved James Bond: How Ian Fleming's spy novels influenced the CIA 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z His fingers scanned my body with even more eagerness than I remembered. Modern Love: A Measure of Desire Modern Love 2012-06-28T21:46:34Z Smiles — genuine warmth and an eagerness to do the right thing — are harder to instill in someone who doesn’t already possess those qualities. Review | The Tavern at Ivy City Smokehouse review: ‘If it swims, we have it’ 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Sutherland is one of those actors whose eagerness for work has often walked the fine line between the eclectic and the indiscriminate. Film: Midwinter Ritual: When Good Actor Meets Bad Movie 2011-02-19T03:43:01Z Something about their eagerness to take on these two strangers seemed false to me, like there was some kind of game they were playing. Fear the Walking Dead: Season 2, episode 10 – Do Not Disturb 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z That timeliness extended to the awards themselves, which at least in the television category reflected a bracing eagerness to leave old models behind and look forward. At a notably relevant Golden Globes, the film world is seen struggling to keep pace 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z It gives me more grit and eagerness that this is what I want, but it’s hard. The Road Back: ‘How Am I Ever Going to Dance Again?’ 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z At the press conference in Cannes, Lewis proved that he still has his pugnacious wit and eagerness for laughs. A controversial victory lap for Lewis at Cannes 2013-05-25T17:46:14Z While supporters might cheer Trump’s eagerness to attack, the downside is that doing so trades away the president’s stature and traditional role as consoler in chief, she said. With midterms approaching, Trump goes hard on his favorite message: It’s all the media’s fault 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z There's also a disarming sincerity and eagerness to please about her that make the character more appealing than she might otherwise be. Anna Nicole, the opera: She aims to sleaze 2011-02-18T01:35:12Z In a show of eagerness, Pooja showed up an hour early and ground her thumb into the doorbell. Women’s Work 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z My almost total ignorance about him, and my eagerness to put it right, was what tempted me into writing Explorers of the Nile. Paperback Q&A: Tim Jeal on Explorers of the Nile 2012-07-10T13:33:42Z He began to ramble about his academic curiosity for the Quran and spirituality, and his eagerness to raise children in an interfaith household. I Tried to Filter Him Out 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Even as he describes his pathological eagerness to please and Zelig-like ability to fit in, he manifests it. Life Onstage With John Lithgow and Hal Holbrook 2011-10-02T16:04:46Z “It was awesome,” Smith said of the prisoners’ response, their engagement and their eagerness to debate issues of justice and punishment. Monroe inmates drop defenses, act out journey of life 2013-05-03T03:52:42Z With Jessie, there is a childlike eagerness to get it out all at once. "You have a religious devotion to this sport": Director on bodybuilding movie "Magazine Dreams" 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Ms. Fleming shaped the phrases tenderly and conveyed almost an eagerness to slip into sleep, exactly the quality with which Strauss’s music imbues the words. Review: Renée Fleming Teams With the Met Opera Orchestra in Tender Strauss Songs 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z It was all a bit dizzying, and I was embraced into the greater family bosom with a kind of huggy eagerness that made me feel very uncomfortable at first. When my birth mother found me 2013-09-16T23:30:00Z The scene in which he fields a prank call reveals his eagerness to be a part of the action rather than merely comment on it on CNN. The People v OJ Simpson: episode three – the Dream Team comes together 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z In between, he and Hawkins diabolically mess with your eagerness to sympathize, getting you to endorse their characters’ petty chicaneries and laugh at their string of improvements on Lincoln’s assassination. Review: In ‘Topdog/Underdog,’ Staying Alive Is the Ultimate Hustle 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z As at Christie’s, there seemed to be no end to the bidders eagerness to acquire Giacometti’s figural bronzes in his highly idiosyncratic rugged style. Auctions: Uptown From Wall Street, a Bull Market 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z DiCaprio’s performance is initially characterized by Ernest’s eagerness to please Hale — there’s comedy and pathos in his mugging and flop sweat — but grows quieter, more interior and delicately complex as the mystery deepens. ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Premieres at Cannes: First Reaction 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z And now that many companies want employees to come back to the office, there’s some eagerness for that for some and some resistance to it from others. Dana Perino of Fox News reveals how to stay calm amid the storms of life 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z He might have added that Amnesty's eagerness to excuse religious reaction led to the departure of its gender officer, Gita Sahgal, for complaining about its alliances with those she believed to be brutish misogynists. Justice and the Enemy by William Shawcross ? review 2012-02-10T11:00:01Z Her tolerance for the boy’s supremacist gripes arises not from any conviction, it seems, but from an eagerness not to disagree. Review: At ‘Camp Siegfried,’ a Nazi Summer of Love on Long Island 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z But in the initial reporting, there’s been a stunning eagerness to present the young man at the center of it within an all-too-familiar narrative. The “gentle giant” explodes: Why the “good kid” media angle is so toxic 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z I've complained before about the bizarre subtext of early Wonder Woman stories, especially her propensity for getting tied up in suggestive positions and everybody's eagerness to "submit to loving authority." DC's film "Batman: Under the Red Hood" 2010-08-03T17:01:00Z His seeming eagerness to accept any TV punditry spot has inspired some backbiting around town. What happens when you tie your career to Donald Trump? Ask Sean Spicer in a few months. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Most of them are on their feet, petrified, tense and anguished -- but one guy is just sitting there, gobbling popcorn, with a look of unmistakable eagerness and hunger on his face. "The Circus": Chaplin's little-known masterpiece 2010-07-14T01:01:00Z That they would extend that eagerness to those around the periphery of the tale is also no shocker. Charles Ramsey’s publishing future: The uncertain economics of viral-hero book deals 2013-12-23T21:22:00Z Meatpacking was one notable beneficiary of the Trump administration's eagerness to deregulate. We need to better protect food and farmworkers during COVID-19 and beyond 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Throughout the morning they toggled between eagerness and mild embarrassment as they quizzed Ms. Carillo about the life of a pro and practiced her techniques. They Can Act. But Can They Serve? 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z In their eagerness to celebrate Rwanda's "development success" UK ministers have been shamefully silent about these persistent human rights abuses. Relations with Rwanda must be urgently reviewed 2012-11-08T16:43:02Z "I am so grateful for the enthusiasm of the media and the whole of the music industry for their willingness and eagerness to support us in what could have been a crisis." Gorillaz new Glasto headliners 2010-05-26T14:10:00Z It was prickly, personal and seemed to reflect an eagerness to engage — even when the issues were esoteric and the other candidates, and , were left to chime in from the sidelines. Romney, Santorum clash in testy debate 2012-02-23T06:03:00Z You read Keegan with eagerness and dread, knowing that what’s in store will leave a permanent mark on her characters and readers. How a bestselling Irish writer changed the way we read (and publish) short fiction 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “I think it will happen quickly. There’s an eagerness to get it resolved before the CFP championship game.” WSU’s Schulz could block playoff changes but willing to negotiate on behalf of ‘Pac-2’ 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z When Angel, the young housekeeper who cleans his room every night, first appears, Eugene shuns him, but eventually they form a bond cemented by Angel’s eagerness to hear his tales. Has he lived 1,110 years, or only 106? A desert retiree's magical metafictional tour 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z China has played hard to get in response to an eagerness by Washington to secure a summit, with Beijing suggesting that Xi's attendance hinged on the U.S. showing "sufficient sincerity." Joe Biden, Xi Jinping set to steal APEC spotlight with talks to steady ties 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The Tseng brothers are part of a new breed of military contractors who combine a Silicon Valley start-up ethos with an eagerness to bring greater technological sophistication to national security challenges. Tech Start-Ups Try to Sell a Cautious Pentagon on A.I. 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell announced Monday that negotiations on a free trade deal with the European Union had collapsed despite Europe’s eagerness to reduce its own dependency on China. Anthony Albanese will soon be the first Australian prime minister in 7 years to visit China 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The impasse remained despite Europe’s eagerness to tap into Australia’s stocks of critical minerals and rare earths to reduce their own dependency on China. Anthony Albanese soon will be the first Australian prime minister in 7 years to visit China 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z "This did not worry her," the file said, "so great was her eagerness to serve". Phyllis Latour: The secret life of a WW2 heroine revealed 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Mr Goldberg's eagerness has been mirrored across the nation and beyond. 'A lot of adrenaline, a lot of unknowns': Reservists flock to join Israel's fight 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Asked if his eagerness had dimmed since Canada accused India of possible involvement in the killing of a Sikh Canadian, a claim India has called absurd, Hipkins said India was just a single country. On the campaign trail, New Zealand leader Chris Hipkins faces an uphill battle wooing voters 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Appealing to those conservatives' eagerness for conducting investigations into Biden and some other top administration officials, Blackburn added: "If you shut down the government you can't continue that." Republicans appeal to far-right conservatives to avert US government shutdown 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Paris is not alone in Europe in its eagerness to bring down the price of food and other staples. Analysis: Consumer goods firms' pricing woes may spread beyond France 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z If persons follow through on their eagerness, uptake of the latest booster would exceed the use of the “bivalent” booster that was offered in the fall of last year. Around half of Americans leaning toward new COVID booster, poll shows 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z And for that, despite patients' and families' natural eagerness for treatments, we may need far more basic research — something everyone in the field agrees on. Navigating new Alzheimer's drugs can be confusing and expensive. So do they really help patients? 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z What’s most thrilled Kelly is his players’ eagerness to learn and unselfishness in building what he’s called the best culture since his arrival. There's a big difference with UCLA football coach Chip Kelly, and everyone notices it 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z There’s still no timeline of Mike Trout’s return, but the Angels outfielder spoke on Tuesday about his current injury status and his eagerness to return. Lucas Giolito makes home debut as Angels snap seven-game losing steak in win over Giants 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z They are divided over Ramaswamy’s candidacy; some are particularly irked by his eagerness to equate Hindu and Christian teachings. Vivek Ramaswamy’s Hindu faith is front and center in his GOP presidential campaign 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z But their efforts go against the longtime residents’ eagerness to sell their land for incoming wind turbines. Review: In Spain's 'The Beasts,' brutal instincts flare among small-town residents 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z |
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