Word: earnestness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Leaving the fundraiser, candidates said they were eager to put their newly acquired riches to good use and begin campaigning in earnest...
...then, the hockey season was back on track, the basketball season was in full swing, and by the middle of April the baseball strike was ended and the season began in earnest...
...acquired a conscience and used force in order to stop the Serb campaign of genocide in Bosnia [COVER STORIES, Sept. 11]. But the Serbs have every reason to believe that the resolve of the West will quickly dissipate. The only chance of bringing them to the bargaining table in earnest is for nato forces to continue air strikes until the Serbs have lost significant military assets. Only then will they have a real incentive to sue for peace. DAVID W. SELF Chandler, Arizona Via E-mail...
Unfortunately, it seems that he was actually serious, because he followed this statement up with an earnest disclaimer: "I'm not the right man at the right time...
...think we'll be one of the best teams in the league this year," said an earnest Frantz. "If we execute and don't make mistakes, we will win. We have all the tools...