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...Veronica? O.K., I made up the last one, but boys in pop culture haven't had troubles this clean-cut (I mean, Scrabble club?) since before today's parents were teens. That's probably the point--parents may not care that the dialogue is dull and earnest or that the characters have the depth of a Topps trading card. Clubhouse is as wholesome as a cold glass of vitamin-D milk, and about as zesty...
According to Ladd, the government seems to have made an earnest effort to resolve visa delays as expediently as possible. While in the past stranded students have often spent an indefinite period of time waiting for their visas, processing problems have cleared up within a more predictable time frame this year, she said...
Last night marked the first time the Harvard defense was taxed in earnest...
...once our politics are full of high passion (not to mention high dudgeon), Silver City suffers by comparison with reality. Michael Moore, among others, has either raised or lowered the bar on cinematic political discourse. For our sins, we now want something more gripping in tone than an earnest, wearying docudrama. This...
...borrowed the religious leader's car, according to police. The Arab driver was allegedly involved in the Independence Day rocket plot. "This is significant," says one Washington official. "Pakistan's engagement in the war on terror is all the more visible with these detentions." The crackdown, which began in earnest in August, has enraged the deeply conservative, Islamic sector of Pakistani society...