Grandmother Anne, whose default mode is "eager pessimism" and whose conversation is described as "a string of non sequiturs linked by a general sense of discontent" is a particularly sad portrait.
Private companies are eager to replace traditional modes of ascertaining the truth — such as the jury system — with a machine that can be patented and sold.
Polonius, presenting the players to Hamlet, lauds their prowess at "tragical-comical-historical-pastoral, scene individable, or poem unlimited," and del Toro, no less eager to mix his modes, delivers a horror-monster-musical-jailbreak-period-spy-romance.
But, as a guy on the bandstand, he is deferential, perpetually stuck in the mode of an eager youngster — the boy who grew up in Denver playing clarinet and guitar, and haunted Walgreens to buy every record he could afford.
Iceage, a crafty young Danish punk group, has spent the summer in this mode, revving up eager North American audiences in smallish rooms: this was the final show in a tour that began in mid-June in Brooklyn and covered thousands of miles before making its way back.
We've all seen and heard them: Eager technophiles who whip out their new mode of communication on the commuter train or in a crowded restaurant to the collective groan of those forced to listen to their conversation.
An almost mathematical correlation is emerging between how much money particular congressmen have accepted in campaign contributions from Enron and Andersen and how eager they are to be seen in prosecutorial mode.
In all the agreements that are currently under negotiation Pacific Island countries are eager to include regulations about labour mobility (GATS Mode 4 and beyond).
Job hunting in crisis mode can occur when you're so eager to get out of your current situation that you apply for roles indiscriminately.
Facing pressure from regulators, politicians and a public eager to chasten them for past misdeeds, bankers are in a cautious mode.
