Word: earnestness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that Ward Kimball ever lit a match under. A onetime symphony trombonist who now makes his living putting out cartoons for Walt Disney, Kimball has a full-scale railroad in the yard of his San Gabriel home. After he restored a 1914 Ford to shining grandeur, he became an earnest member of the local Horseless Carriage Club. The band got started when he found some other jazz-record fans around the Disney lot; before long they had dusted off their long-neglected instruments to try a few licks themselves. Their first name: the "Hugga-jeedy Eight," because someone thought their...
...appeal for a gigantic new effort for peace . . . We urge the governments to enter into negotiations once again and to do everything in their power to bring the present tragic deadlock to an end. This is the hour to listen afresh to the word of God . . .the hour for earnest prayer...
...long round of mutual expressions of good will followed the pageantry of welcome. The betrothal of Rana's granddaughter to a Kashmiri prince was announced. Before going home, the guest of honor will receive a diamond-studded sword from India's Defense Minister Sardar Baldev Singh-an earnest of more up-to-date military aid to come...
...eyeful of earnest, sinewy Mike erased all thought of class struggle from the McKenney heart. "Shy for the first time since I ran away from home at the age of 14," she mumbled "Hello." "His wife's in Reno, divorcing him," boomed the frank pal who accompanied Mike. "I don't brood [about it]," Mike chipped in sharply. "My wife and I have been separated for years...
...Earnest, ever-posing Stan Kenton was set to take his turmoil on a tour of 77 U.S. and Canadian cities, beginning this week...