Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ashbery's career as a poet seems to have begun in earnest during his undergraduate years at Harvard...
...Ashbery's career as a poet seems to have begun in earnest during his undergraduate years at Harvard...
...Germans' laughter belied their misgivings. Many Daimler-Benz executives initially viewed Chrysler as a primped-up matron would regard an earnest young suitor. Chrysler marketing chief Jim Holden recalls his first meeting at the Mercedes-Benz U.S. headquarters in Montvale, N.J. As the Germans presented their view of the brand hierarchy--Mercedes on top and everything else far, far below--the tension in the room was palpable. Says Holden: "We felt like we were marrying up, and it was clear they thought they were marrying down...
...million renovation, scheduled to begin in earnest after Commencement, will add air conditioning, a sprinkler system, a new fire detection system and two new reading rooms to the library...
Either way more names are sure to come up, both familiar and not. The search really has not begun in earnest and some real information may surface in the next couple of weeks...