Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Importance of Being Earnest" is pleasantly reminiscent of England's upper crust before the age of umbrella politics and Lady Astor. Fragrant, trivial, witty, and as unreal as Dresden China, this horsehair classic of Oscar Wilde's is a harmless sedative for 1939 hangovers...
Suffice it to say of the story that it is an intricate tale of mistaken identity and of the romantic passion of two naive young buds for the name Earnest. It ends happily in a triple clinch, which is no great surprise for anybody...
...like children." TIME views as "alarming" the state of ignorance of America's million teachers, condescendingly admits that teaching "is an honorable profession" (as though anyone doubted it) and goes on to say that the 100,000 youngsters who begin preparation for teaching each year are "earnest if not top-notch...
...German boys," lied Berlin papers on Monday, "are mishandled with brass knuckles . . . while Jews applaud. . . . German houses are fired on by Czech armored cars. . . . Murder and arson rule again in the Czecho-Slovak Republic. . . ." Radio announcers talked of "Communists in Czech gendarme uniforms." Next day the push began in earnest...
...late King Albert was pro-French to the core, but his son, the present young and earnest King Leopold III, has consistently appeased the Flemings. Against this rising Flemish tide the Walloons have become desperate. On the battlefield of Waterloo recently leading Walloon orators significantly spoke of ties with France, just as the Flemish Nationalists look toward The Netherlands. Never before in Belgium's history has the unity of the country been so threatened...