Word: earnest
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...pink badges labeling them "popular-will representatives." But most fell silent when they entered the school's auditorium. No one knew what to expect. Or exactly what was meant by the characters on the banner over the podium, which read: "Zeguo's 2005 Selecting a Development Plan, Democratic Earnest Discussion...
...veal vol-au-vent and cantaloupe sorbet. At each place setting was a commemorative bronze medallion wrapped in white paper and pink ribbon. President Reagan's remarks to the group included a few fatherly jests about his daughter Maureen, who is to head the delegation, but his message was earnest. The "business of the conference is women, not propaganda," he reminded them...
There were some effectively old-fashioned wrinkles as well. Jerry Lewis was not on the scene, but his presence was everywhere. American audiences might have been able to recognize the outlines of one of his Labor Day telethons hovering in the ozone over JFK Stadium. There were the earnest testimonials from world figures (Bishop Desmond Tutu, Coretta King, Pelé and Linus Pauling). Phone numbers for call-in pledges appeared frequently. There were also, of course, the performers, trotted on according to strict show-biz standards: lightweights draw the day shift, heavies get prime time...
...reluctance to speak publicly is a sign that the campaign for succession begins in earnest this week, with formal and informal talks among the Cardinals, leading up to the April 18 start of the conclave. In fact, once he was clear of the crowds, Schönborn spoke quietly on a cell phone for nine minutes as he continued to walk along the cobblestone streets, passing by the Piazza San Agostino, site of the Rome offices of Opus Dei, the powerful conservative lay group that some believe is quietly trying to influence the race, and several of the trattorias where Cardinals...
Mitch Albom, who has made grown men cry--and made a bundle of moolah--with such earnest fare as The Five People You Meet in Heaven, is in publishing purgatory. In his column in the Detroit Free Press, he wrote of two ex-Michigan State basketballers cheering at their alma mater's Final Four game. Trouble is, they weren't there. Albom filed his column before the game even started. He apologized, and his paper promised an investigation. Uh-oh. What if he really spent his Wednesdays with Morrie...