Executives have been keener to get people back into the office full-time, so that employees can bond with peers, absorb the corporate culture and appreciate the awesome power of laundry.
Mr Gove is sounding keener on American-style Charter schools than on the Swedish model, in part because the Charter programme has a clearer record of helping to transform education for the poor.
More economists thought that the Federal Reserve alone could not manage the business cycle-perhaps consistent with the decline in its policy rate towards zero-and were keener on a bigger role for government.
People buying their first smartphones today, perhaps to replace a basic handset, care less about the brand and more about price than the richer, keener types of a few years ago.
" I thought it was a good idea from the start, " said Ron, who seemed keener to join in this conversation now that he was sure Harry was not going to start shouting again.
Perhaps our admiration is keener because we realise this is someone whose calling was unchosen, yet whose dedication to it is unwavering and whose steadfastness and faith is a reminder that she is her own person.
With her inexperience, operating the new mill was no easy job and competition was keener now than it had been at first, so she was usually tired and worried and cross when she came home at nights.