Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recurring theme in his speech was Moore's candor and earnest need to address the problems of the Amer- ican working class. Students received these comments with frequent applause...
...foreign contributions, Dole lapsed into disjointed senatorial shorthand: "Campaign finance might help, might help contributions coming in from Indonesia or other foreign countries, rich people in those countries, and then being sent back after the L.A. Times discovers it-- $250,000." Dole's invocation drew little response from the earnest San Diego audience. Their attitude seemed to be, if this was his use of the bully pulpit, he seemed more like the pulpit bully...
...trend of the last two debates does not necessarily indicate a permanent retreat from mudslinging. The candidates will quickly return to personal attacks if they believe that such tactics will prove more effective. For example, Dole has grown a bit more desperate after his earnest but lackluster performance in last week's debate failed to significantly cut into Clinton's substantial, 15 to 20 point lead in the polls. Now, he is promising that in the next debate, he will grill Clinton more sternly on character and personal issues. Over the weekend, Jack Kemp, after his loud proclamations that...
...minute Gene Hackman appears as world-class physician Lawrence Myrick, oozing menacing bonhomie, a quality this splendid actor has virtually patented, we have our suspicions. It's the extent and passion of the conspiracy he has mounted to protect his research that is surprising and scary. That air of earnest befuddlement Grant has deployed to such good comic effect in the past serves him--and us--very well in this very different context. He's willowy and vulnerable in a way we no longer expect to find in action-movie protagonists, and for this film his affect is the great...
...Lettermans of the world, who throughout the campaign have largely failed to advance their comedy beyond gags about Dole's age and Clinton's libido, Comedy Central has generally maintained a greater respect for its viewers' political intelligence. Rather than barrage us with easy laugh getters, like images of earnest delegates showing off Dole hand puppets, CC's commentators worked hard at the convention, managing to extract humor from sources as unlikely as Congressman John Kasich, who talked to correspondent Al Franken about his fondness for Alice Cooper...