Eager to work with both Laurents and Sondheim, Angela Lansbury accepted the lead role as Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper, despite her strong misgivings about the script and her ability to handle the score.

Eager to promote alternatives to what he regarded as the narrow approach of the school of economic thought that then dominated the English-speaking academic world ( centered at the University of Cambridge and deriving largely from the work of Alfred Marshall ), Robbins invited Hayek to join the faculty at LSE, which he did in 1931.

Eager to work with Peckinpah again, Steve McQueen presented him Walter Hill's screenplay to The Getaway.

Eager to help mankind, Arrowsmith goes to a Caribbean island to work with scientist Gustav Sondelius ( Richard Bennett ) in his struggle to save the natives.

Eager to use photography for more creative purposes, Ray-Jones went to the Design Lab held by the art director Alexey Brodovitch in the Manhattan studio of Richard Avedon ; Brodovitch's gruff manner and high standards won respect and hard work from Ray-Jones and others.

Eager as he was to pursue this promising line, he was so loaded down with the management of the pharmacy and lectures in the medical and pharmaceutical faculties at the university that he could devote only Sunday afternoons to `` galvanizing ''.

Eager to be involved in film-craft, he turned out 8mm features edited from home movies with such titles as The Rich Millionaire and The Lost Wallet.

Eager to join Western economic institutions like the World Trade Organization, OECD, and the European Union, Latvia signed a Europe Agreement with the EU in 1995 with a 4-year transition period.

Eager to copy these effects, Theodore Steinway invented " duplex scaling " which employed short lengths of non-speaking wire were bridged by the aliquot throughout much of upper range of the piano, always in locations that caused them to vibrate in conformity with their respective overtones — typically in doubled octaves and twelfths

Eager to avoid a similar calamity in the future the Soviet Union created the Warsaw Pact as means of establishing a series of buffer states, closely aligned with Moscow and serving to act as a political and military barrier between Russia's vulnerable borders in Eastern Europe and its potential enemies in the West.

Eager to take advantage of Julius Caesar's anger toward Ptolemy, Cleopatra had herself smuggled secretly into the palace to meet with Caesar.

These moves, coupled with the signings of Eric Belanger, Cam Barker, Ben Eager, and Darcy Hordichuk, changed the complexion of the team to add " grit and toughness ".

Eager to be with him under any circumstances, Frances accepts.

Then he successfully recruits Jimmie Sue Altfeld ( Lana Turner, from Johnny Eager ) and unsuccessfully attempts to make peace with her father ( Edward Arnold, from Johnny Eager ) by giving him a puppy.

Eagar was settled by John Thomas Eager ( Dec 20, 1851-March 12, 1942 ) with his brothers Joel and William and another family named Robertson.

It starred father and son actors Timothy and Rafe Spall as Mr Emerson and George, together with Elaine Cassidy ( Lucy Honeychurch ), Sophie Thompson ( Charlotte Bartlett ), Laurence Fox ( Cecil Vyse ), Sinéad Cusack ( Miss Lavish ), Timothy West ( Mr Eager ) and Mark Williams ( Reverend Beebe ).

According to " An Outline History of Orange County " by Samuel Watkins Eager p. 378 Campbell Hall was named for Colonel Campbell who was a Scotchman, had 2 sons, and when the war of the Revolution commenced, one sided with England ; the other with his adopted country.

Eager to develop additional lands, the new government decided to pay veterans of the Revolution with warrants for land in the Northwest Territory, which was organized under federal authority in 1787 by the Northwest Ordinance.

Eager to show himself competent and gain popularity with the citizens, Gallus swiftly dealt with the epidemic, providing burial for the victims.

Carmichael's war time songs ( most with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster ) included " My Christmas Song for You ", " Don't Forget to Say ' No ' Baby ", " Billy-a-Dick ", " The Army of Hippocrates ", " Cranky Old Yank ", " Eager Beaver ", " No More Toujours l ' Amour ", " Morning Glory ", and the never completed " Hitler Blues ".

Eager to cash in on their success, Pye decided against releasing anything from the album, as the earlier material had been more soul-based than the pop they were now successful with.

During World War II, Turner became a popular pin-up girl due to her popularity in such films such as Ziegfeld Girl ( 1941 ), Johnny Eager ( 1942 ), Slightly Dangerous ( 1943 ) and four films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's " king of the lot ", Clark Gable.

The Baltimore City Planning Commission defines the neighborhood as being bound by Eager Street to the North, The Jones Falls Expressway ( JFX ) to the east, Franklin Street to the South, and Eutaw Street to the West.

To honor John Eager Howard, an officer in the American Revolutionary War and later the fifth Governor of Maryland, the area was designated the Howard District when Anne Arundel County was divided in 1839.

Some fifty years later, the premise of Five Children and It inspired the plot of Half Magic ( 1954 ) by the American author of children's books Edward Eager.

Eager to absorb his gardening knowledge, Mary unwillingly lets him into the secret of the garden, which he agrees to keep.

Eager to harm Leah as much as possible, the two sisters traveled to New York City, where a reporter offered $ 1, 500 if they would " expose " their methods and give him an exclusive on the story.

Eager to capitalize on his exposure, CBS made plans to set him up in his own series.

Eager to contribute to his country in something other than war, Lester agreed to an experiment created by Emma's father, which reduced him to his present height.

Eager to prove his courage and win Charmaine's love, Ace began trying to modify his movie-prop jetpack to enable him to actually fly.

Hurley convinced Eager to release the boys from the contract with him.

Eager to settle the bet, Stan and Kyle tells Tweek that Craig did show up to fight but degraded him instead.

Eager to end hostilities between the jaded Metal Corpses and the hedonistic Looters, Lawn Boy signs The Stains without having heard them perform.

Eager to liberate the English stage from risqué French influences, and emboldened by the success of Trial by Jury, Carte formed a syndicate in 1877 to perform " light opera of a legitimate kind ".

Among the company's early mastering engineers were Gilbert Kong, who worked on early 1970s albums by such artists as Rod Stewart and Bachman – Turner Overdrive, and who also mastered singles including " Ain't Understanding Mellow " by Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager, and " The Night Chicago Died " by Paper Lace ; and Phil Austin, who mastered most of the singles including Stewart's " Maggie May " and " You Wear It Well ," " Beautiful Sunday " by Daniel Boone, " I Love " by Tom T. Hall, " How Do You Do " by Mouth & MacNeal, and " I Gotcha " by Joe Tex.

Eager to retaliate, the villains agreed to band together, and the Sinister Twelve was formed.

Eager to compete in the adult division, he and Goten together posed as the fighter Mighty Mask and were pitted against # 18 in a battle royal.

A blog was published stating the 2 other songs were called " Perfect Dark " and " The Giant Sleeps No More ", and that together with " Eager Hearts " these songs would make up " The Gatekeeper EP ".

Eager to end the case without further scandal, Chaplin's lawyers agreed to a cash settlement of $ 600, 000 — the largest awarded by American courts at that time.

Eager evaluation is commonly believed as the default behavior used in programming languages.

Eager to support the revolutionary cause, Mao joined the rebel army as a private soldier, but was not involved in the fighting.

Eager to rectify his failure to catch his prey, the hunter and his two wives ( sometimes the escaped sibling wives of Waku and Kanu ) hurried on, and took positions high on the cliff on which Tailem Bend now stands.

Eager to know more about Deathshead and his secret projects, the OSA sends Blazkowicz to the bombed city of Kugelstadt (' Bullet City '), where he is assisted by members of the German Kreisau Circle resistance group in breaking into a ruined factory and exfiltrating a defecting scientist.

Eager to remarry, he began enquiring into the horoscopes of prospective brides.

Through his mother, he was the great-grandson of Francis Scott Key, the author of the " Star Spangled Banner ", and John Eager Howard, governor and senator from Maryland.

Eager to prevent the war spreading to Europe, Newcastle now tried to conclude a series of treaties that would secure Britain allies through the payment of subsidies-which he hoped, would discourage France from attacking Britain.

Eager to write his first musical, Laurents immediately agreed.

Eager to continue their project, in 1464, the Operai contracted Agostino to create a sculpture of David.

Eager to restore the Empire to the position it had occupied under Charlemagne and Otto I the Great, the new king saw clearly that the restoration of order in Germany was a necessary preliminary to the enforcement of the imperial rights in Italy.

Eager to restore his empire to its past glories as the superpower of the Mediterranean world, Manuel pursued an energetic and ambitious foreign policy.

Eager to set sail for home, he ignored the local knowledge of monsoon wind patterns which were still blowing onshore.

Eager to raise new cardinals to increase the number who were devoted to his interests, but restricted by the terms of the capitulation, which gave the College a voice in the creation of new members, in the winter of 1464 – 65 Paul created two secret cardinals both of whom died before their names could be published.

Eager am I to depart.

Eager to retain their family links, to both each other and to Denmark, in 1907 Alexandra and her sister, the Dowager Empress of Russia, purchased a villa north of Copenhagen, Hvidøre, as a private getaway.