Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...particular, ex-Communist Chambers saw the threat of Communism clearly at a time when it was fashionable to talk of the Russians as nothing more than earnest Socialists. As early as March 5, 1945, hard on the heels of the Yalta Conference, TIME published a prophetic "political fairy tale" by Chambers that was called "The Ghosts on the Roof," in which he accurately predicted a ruthless, imperialistic Russia about to launch an offensive to conquer the world. Chambers' concern with evil could also take other forms. In a fanciful and humorous article for LIFE, Chambers pictured the Devil...
...Kingsley-lnternational) is a half-serious attempt to make a wholly serious film starring Brigitte Bardot. Director Henri-Georges Clouzot succeeds for the most part in keeping his drama sober, although now and then he throws in a few peepshots for the skin trade. But his effort to be earnest has unstrung the tautness with which he filmed Diabolique and Wages of Fear. For its last half hour, Truth is as limp as old lettuce...
...rare, rough trip that at the time only a handful of men had made. Honing his skill as a photographer, he published two handsome volumes that pictured Arizona faces and places. He also took his collection of slides across the state, lecturing to any group that would hear his earnest exhortations on the beauties of Arizona...
...seasoned campaigner, Puyat has a solid reputation as an economist and business executive, is not tarred with the widespread charges of corruption leveled against Garcia's administration. In November, Garcia and Puyat will be matched against the Liberal Party nominees: earnest Diosdado Macapagal, who claims the mantle of the late great President Magsaysay, and his running mate Emmanuel Pelaez. Both are reform-minded enthusiasts who will campaign on a ready-made platform: "Throw the Rascals...
...tenuous reciprocity by which transfer students are now accredited. Or perhaps we would eventually do away with the degree. But how, if we did that, would the professional and business worlds assess the qualifications of our students? They might develop ways, such as we have too seldom seen, for earnest evaluation of the merits of individuals. But what of the problem of disjointed careers? If we are convinced on the basis of evidence in hand that one should bind oneself to a particular career before ever leaving school, and if we can decide that aliehation from work has nothing...