Word: earnestness
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...officials in Assam pinned the blasts on the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), a group that has been agitating against the government since 1979. (See here for a TIME Archive story on the origins of Assam's troubles.) Its often violent campaign for a sovereign Assam began in earnest in 1990. The group seeks an end to what it has called "colonial rule" by the central government in New Delhi and the expulsion of non-Assamese, particularly Hindi-speakers, from the state. ULFA has denied responsibility for the blasts...
...these days. The video is neither overly artsy nor X-rated, but is familiar enough in concept to be just that fresh breath of desert air you need (trust me, all that brown and red grows on you). Essentially, the merit of the song, with its catchy hook and earnest, personable lyrics, is what makes the video work. Seriously. So why shouldn’t these Las Vegas natives cash in on a formula tried and tested by the likes of Coldplay and U2? After all, there’s no place like home...
...mail to the expansion director of the national fraternity, presented as a brilliant imitation of an earnest inquiry, garnered a blistering reply. He must have pieced together our intentions after FM ran an unsigned article on the fraternity two weeks...
...they take the side of the downtrodden worker, the jilted lover, or the regretful soldier, their sincerity is never in question. The music just doesn’t sound vibrant or innovative enough to fully express what they have to tell us. It is a shame that a band earnest enough to issue biodegradable CD cases made of 100% recycled material must play recycled music as well...
...stealing the multimillion-pound swag. The culprits happen to be a couple of Lenny's enforcers, One Two (Gerard Butler, of 300) and Mumbles (Idris Elba), working on tips One Two gets from Stella (Thandie Newton), a silky lawyer of no fixed ethical abode. Uri has also, as an earnest of fellowship, lent Lenny his "lucky painting"; this, of course, and much to Lenny's chagrin, gets nicked. The movie follows the trail of the missing artwork and throws in another intrigue for free: the search for an inside snitch, whose singing to the police has meant jail time...