Word: earnestly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wolff explains, thought that because madness and genius are often inextricably related, he could take a "shortcut to genius" by cultivating madness. It is questionable whether Crosby even succeeded at madness. He was never quite comfortable in the life he had chosen for himself, and was always making earnest resolutions to reform. During his cult-of-the-sun phase, which succeeded his Wilde/Huysmans phase, Crosby traveled to Egypt, Constantinople, Beirut and other suitably exotic places. The trip was not a success; "As a worshipper of the sun, he was handicapped by an aversion to heat and to southern parts." Something...
...high a quality as you'll find elsewhere-in thz University. Another advantage is spontaneity--no need to buy tickets in advance, since there are no reserved seats. Once Upon a Mattress will be at Leverett this fall; look out also for Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at Kirkland...
Recent congresses have invited some participation by non-Catholics. Programs have been broadened beyond Eucharistic devotion to include earnest discussions of problems facing the church and the world, though not enough to satisfy the liberal National Catholic Reporter. It found "the pilgrimage to Philadelphia a trek to the church predictable," little more than a "Fatima-on-the-Delaware for the ever faithful non-questioners." Amid the mass outpouring of devotion, however, many nuns and priests felt a new spirit of reconciliation among Catholics...
...question now is whether the surge in profits so far has been enough to induce businessmen to start spending in earnest for new plant and equipment. Until recently, the recovery has been spurred almost solely by increased spending by suddenly more optimistic consumers and by businessmen rebuilding their inventories. These spurs are still present, but most economists agree that business investment must rise substantially if the U.S. economy is to have a strong...
Nature of Sin. The basic problem, of course, is that there is no hard news. During strategy sessions in his sprawling ranch house with aides and advisers, Carter may be-probably is-making decisions that will vitally shape the course of the oncoming presidential campaign, scheduled to begin in earnest after Labor Day. But the security blanket of secrecy imposed on such decisions by Carter and his staff has been virtually total. Reporters have thus had to content themselves with scratching about for some interesting stories about the early days of Plains and the economic impact of Carter...