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...save the paper and himself by breaking into the big city market. With brilliant personal salesmanship and no little bit of financial finagling, he finally won the backing he needed. On Aug. 19, 1896, he announced on the front page of his newly acquired newspaper that his "earnest aim was to give the news impartially, without fear or favor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Their Lives And Times | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...Importance of Being Earnest...

Author: By Ben A. Cowan, Angela Marek, Diana R. Movius, and Cara New, S | Title: Fall Theater Preview: October | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

After mixed results over the winter break, the team entered Ivy play in earnest...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IT'S AWESOME, BABY! | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

...apparent reason, the media have become very excited about For Common Things, a book by a Yale law student named Jedediah Purdy. No one else is reading it, but in my earnest effort to join the media elite and thus get a promotion, I too want to write about this book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense of Irony | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

Roles up for grabs included parts in "Anything Goes," "HMS Pinafore," "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Faustus" and "The Importance of Being Earnest." Nobody broke a leg, but students said minor injuries were common in the auditions...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Semester's Stars Chosen | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

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