Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believe that Mr. Roberts would bring victory and honor to the Republican party. If Mr. Butler is really in earnest in his quest for a good man to place on his party's ticket; a man whose record bears scrutiny, and whose accomplishments have been without parallel, he need go no further than seek to have Owen J. Roberts, of Philadelphia, become a candidate for this high office...
Senator Curtis was in lively earnest. "I will not consent," he said, "to become a candidate if the delegation is to be selected with a view to voting for me for a few ballots as a 'favorite son.' . . . I will not allow myself to be used as a 'stalking horse' for anyone...
University wrestling will not start in earnest until after the close of the foot-ball season, while the first-year mat men will hold an introductory meet in the latter part of December, and will settle down to serious practice in January. Wrestling candidates are asked to report at the meeting tonight whether they intend to start work at once or at the close of football...
...Presidents' faces." Lamps burn in many garrets long after the day's work is finished while slaves to the dream of puzzle riches ponder and strive. Seduced by the promises of advertisement and feature contests, (arranged by canny publishers to force-feed circulation), the slaves work endlessly. Earnest, stupid, they know not that they have scarcely one chance in one thousand to win the prize...
...work the rudder. Yet it is he who gives commands to the eight hulking beasts ahead of him. St. Bonaventure College plays football with a coxswain instead of a quarterback. Francis Flynn badgered and generalled ten great brutes to a 57-0 victory over Alfred. Despairing of their clumsy, earnest efforts, he himself carried the ball 310 yards, once for 93 and touchdown. He is a quarterback, captain of the eleven, weighs...