Word: earnestness
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...night,” says David S. Rosenthal ’59, director of the University Health Services (UHS), “there are two basic issues...one is an alcohol-related death and the other is suicide.” Rosenthal notes that UHS began collecting data in earnest on alcohol-related issues as early as 1989. Since that time, UHS has noted a steady escalation of both acute alcohol-related cases and an overall escalation of admissions to UHS for alcohol-related issues...
Rorty compares Nabokov, the author of aesthetic bliss who despised all vulgar political propaganda and “topical trash,” with Orwell, the earnest, morally courageous author of clumsy allegories. He bases his ideal of the “liberal ironist” on this opposition, confronting the unsettling truth that the Nietzschean ethic of self-creation and eternal struggle can often conflict with the liberal politics of J.S. Mill...
Libertarians and communitarians (to continue this unjustified generalizing) are different character types. Communitarians tend to be bossy, boring and self-important, if they're not being oversweetened and touchy-feely. Libertarians, by contrast, are not the selfish monsters you might expect. They are earnest and impractical--eager to corner you with their plan for using old refrigerators to reverse global warming or solving the traffic mess by privatizing stoplights. And if you disagree, they're fine with that. It's a free country...
...most pleasant piece of the evening. The soundtrack consisted of peaceful vocals and strings, as well as a prayer-like poem. The choreography, which switched seamlessly between alternately violent and flowing movements, gave the piece a sentiment that was at once intensely focused and serene. Murcek’s earnest expression and effortless executions made the piece a pleasure to watch...
...temperatures drop, jackets get thicker, and schoolwork begins in earnest, we also observe two changes in color: the leaves, which turn from green to red and yellow, and the CVS candy aisle, which turns first to orange and then to green and red.If we’re to believe the recent buzz about eating locally and seasonally, the progression of seasons should be accompanied by more pronounced changes in our diet—perhaps more butternut squash. As it is, the only edible indication of our tilting away from the sun is the repackaging and reshaping of that most artificial...