Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Importance of Being Earnest...
...necessarily the best of signs when you spend more time looking at the sets than at the actors, but if there were ever a play in which style was more important than substance, it is The Importance of Being Earnest. If the Huntington Theatre's current production of the classic Oscar Wilde satire falls short on verve, therefore, it almost makes up for it by enough elegance for three Edith Wharton novels...
Diversity at 14 Plympton St. has been a popular watchword for a few years now--and there has indeed been some improvement. I believe the efforts will continue in earnest...
...agency's Mission to Planet Earth program is being dramatically revised. Originally it was going to use a few big, expensive satellites, each loaded with multiple instruments, to monitor the earth's environment for potentially disruptive changes in climate and pollution levels. But when the mission begins in earnest in 1998, it will rely instead on small satellites, each doing at most a handful of tasks...
...Center. One is the curtain call, when the full cast of 49 actors crowds the stage, a stunning sight in these budget-conscious days of single-set, four- or five-character dramas. The other, even more startling, is the very fact that anyone would choose to bring this sprawling, earnest pageant back to Broadway. Rather than current theater, it resembles Oberammergau's passion plays or those outdoor historical extravaganzas in the U.S. heartland that put a wig and costume on practically everyone in town...