Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hopes of the more liberal element of the Church for such a rapprochement were feelingly expressed to newsgatherers last week by Cardinal Vannutelli, on the eve of his 90th birthday, in earnest quavering speech: "Mussolini is the man chosen by God to direct Italy to her glorious goal. I pray for him daily. . . . Negotiations for the reconciliation of the Church and State are making gratifying headway, and we are confident that a settlement may be reached on a basis of justice to the Holy See." Such well-meant words are little more than wasted breath so long as the potent...
...conclusion that not only in hockey, but also in squash and in basketball extensive tournaments and leagues are about to get under way. Over 150 men have entered the class squash tournament, and at least 20 basketball fives have already been formed. This is "athletics for all" in earnest. It further becomes apparent that the less formality in organization of teams the more extensive and beneficial are the results of the plan. Such a conclusion is an interesting commentary on the innate desire for participation in competitive sport, heretofore developed in those thousands of undergraduates whose athletic development consisted...
...mind, the dear old lady is evidently anxious to air her literary attainments, and to convey to such of your readers as may be interested in her communication the impression that her literary knowledge is widespread and that she is a very earnest reader of a great many interesting papers, but just why a lady of this sort should include Punch in her literary pursuits is beyond my comprehension, as her letter conveys very clearly that she is a person absolutely devoid of a sense of humor. I only hope that your correspondent is not endeavoring to enter the arena...
Chiefly responsible for the Rogers Act and for the rising efficiency of the U. S. foreign service within the last two decades is Wilbur J. Carr, now Assistant Secretary of State. He is an earnest man of 56, with a high forehead and hard-worked eyes; he might have been a minister in Hillsboro, Ohio, if his parents had had their way. Instead he studied shorthand and soon found his way into a clerkship in the Department of State. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (then a confidential secretary to Secretary of State Gresham) picked him up as an able stenographer, then...
...campaign to introduce modern agricultural methods. It means developing roads and inter-island communications to such a point that the peoples of the remote islands can ship their produce with regularity. It means clearing virgin lands and establishing plantations. It means perfecting the school system and making an earnest drive to prepare the people--all of the people, and not only a small class of Chinese and Spanish half-castes--for self-government...