Word: earnest
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...them. We’ve all jumped the most basic hurdle: We’re graduating. But the process of winning our admission to this place—not to mention all the offers of admission, fellowship, employment and promotion to come—is only now beginning in earnest...
...movement on Harvard’s campus began in earnest on Nov. 2, 1977, when the SASC passed a proposal urging the Corporation to sell all Harvard’s stock in commercial banks that extended loans to the South African government. The proposal also suggested stockholders’ resolutions that would call for companies to curb operations in South Africa...
City Manager Robert W. Healy, who appoints the seven-member planning board, says that the volunteer group of local developers, architects, and legal experts tries to handle the desires of neighbors. Such desires, he says, are “in earnest but [the board is] not necessarily able to accomplish” them...
...suspect that war cast a more subtle shadow on the Everest expedition. Those who were on the team knew what was really important. They had seen life held cheaply; they had witnessed bravery, nobility, horror, shame and sacrifice. I don't mean to imply that they were depressingly earnest. On the contrary, all accounts of the expedition revel in the fun the group had, with parties galore in Sherpa villages. But I doubt if anyone on the team thought he was doing anything more significant than climbing a mountain. Those men kept things in perspective. One of my single favorite...
...have an audience who react like a chorus." Lyricist and director Stuart Lee agrees: "Opera also gets accused of phoniness because characters just step forward and sing their aria. But in Springer the host asks the guests to state their problem, which immediately sets up the song." The earnest pair are deeply convinced that the idea - their first major piece - works. "Everything that's a perceived weakness of opera is a strength of the TV show," adds Thomas. "People get put off by the extreme plots of grand opera. But the extreme stories are precisely what draws people...