The first arrived at five minutes to seven, before the polls had opened, clutching her voting card, eager to be the first to place her cross.
Mr. Heene took business cards from eager TV producers while his children played in the yard.
Its owner, Aidan Kiernan, told the uniformed men it was the closest bar to the pier entrance, and with his bevy of female bartenders pushed "free drink" cards into the eager hands of thirsty sailors.
When I enter the camp one sweaty day in August, I am greeted by the sight of two women in bright red Vodafone T-shirts selling SIM cards to an eager cluster of men.
And the card firms are eager to increase their reach to make them the de facto coinage of cyberspace.
Credit card issuers are eager to reach the college market and universities are eager to offer up their student populations.
Still shaking off the cobwebs of its failed experiment in Maoist utopia, China was home to 1.3 billion people whose wallets awaited credit cards, 2.6 billion feet eager for Nike sneakers, and 13 billion fingers waiting to be licked in the thrall of KFC chicken.
Card issuers were so eager to sign up new customers that they set up folding tables at busy intersections, handing out cards to passers-by who gave nothing more than a home address -- no one asked nosy questions about assets or income.
Clarence teaches card tricks to his eager protégé and even stages a bogus séance to amuse him.
Despite students' limited incomes and lack of credit history, the market is a gold mine for card marketers: Students are eager to establish credit records and financial independence -- and to spend money on clothes, electronics and cars.
