Word: earnestly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviet Union is an earnest, intensely conservative society, convinced of the virtues of industrial growth. There are so many shortages, so much catching up to be done, that advocacy of zero growth would be heresy. Freedom is daily defined as freedom from want, and democracy is seen in terms of economic rights and Communist Party duties. The Western insistence on individuality is regarded as weakness and its passion for expression as a delusion. In a recent speech, Secret Police Chief Yuri Andropov expressed his contempt for the Western version of democracy: "How can one speak of civil rights...
...Seventh Seal, 4, 7:35, 11:10, Black Orpheus, 5:45, 9:20, tonight; Oliver Twist, 4, 7:50, The importance of Being Earnest...
...disaster because of a crushing succession of failures to overturn presidential vetoes. Nonetheless, the party's congressional leaders believe that time yet remains to salvage enough of their program to retrieve their self-esteem and arrest President Gerald Ford's momentum before the presidential campaigns begin in earnest next year. As a first step, House Speaker Carl Albert planned to meet with House committee chairmen to set a new Democratic strategy for the rest of the session...
That may be one reason Stephen S.J. Hall, the earnest godfather of the Identination project, hasn't taken the machines out of service altogether. Some of the plan's proponents are still openly holding out hope that the University's investment won't be wasted. The summer is as good a time as any for people to start getting used to military efficiency in the lunchline, and when they get over their initial, unthinking repugnance, who knows? After all, the University of Georgia hasn't had any trouble to speak of. But Hall and company have their work...
...important politically. On the one hand, Pyongyang views them as the major obstacle to its unifying the Korean peninsula under Communist rule; on the other, Seoul sees the American presence (although reduced considerably from its 1953 peak of 325,000 men) as both a deterrent to attack and an earnest demonstration of Washington's commitment to defend South Korea in the event of attack...