Word: earnestness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shoot-em-ups were intellectual. If you don't believe me, check out Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde. Sure, there had been spectacle movies before Star Wars, but never one so openly connected to the world of childhood. From The Ten Commandments to Spartacus, there was an earnestness--a high mindedness, you might say--to the pre-Star Wars epics. Star Wars did away with all that, or at least stole center stage from it. Lucas didn't serve up intellectual considerations or emotional explorations for his audiences. Instead, he packaged their childhood fantasies and sold that package back...
...sport that could never take hold south of Route 80. He helped free the game from the goons and clear a path for the more skilled, European game that dominates the NHL today. He overcame his shyness to become the perfect ambassador: humble, accessible, nice and somehow impeccably earnest without being creepy. The biggest off-ice controversy he ever faced was whether being on the cover of Cigar Aficionado sent a bad message to children...
...action began in earnest in the second. What looked like a long day at the start of the stanza had the sweet scent of a pleasant surprise...
...action began in earnest in the second. What looked like a long day at the start of the stanza had the sweet scent of a pleasant surprise...
When electrification began in earnest in the first years of the century, demand for shellac soon outstripped supply. Baekeland recognized a killer ap when he saw one. If only he could come up with a synthetic substitute for shellac...