Word: earnest
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...regularly welcomes world-class performers, but few appear to inspire such kinetic joy in their audiences. The lights refract off toothy grins and illuminate a sea of enthusiasts bouncing up and down as the band crank back up to the strains of Ladyflash, the Go! Team's set closer. Earnest and angular rock may be all the rage, but the Go! Team's angst-free confections make you dance and wave your arms. Last year, though, the Go! Team could have played in one of London's narrow red phone booths and still had room to spare. Literally. Ian Parton...
...worry some swing voters but not enough for them to vote Tory. The Blair years, says David Curry, an M.P. from one of the party's rare northern seats, have turned the Conservative Party "into a combination of existential musing and ancestor worship." The pols in Blackpool devoted much earnest attention to plotting a new path. Senior figures were asked to suggest a dramatic "Clause Four" moment, recalling the big boost Labour received in 1995 when Tony Blair arm-twisted his party into renouncing its historic commitment to public ownership of the commanding heights of the economy. Among the suggestions...
Maybe in this dark time, we need an earnest liberal fairy tale to remind us of our better, more tolerant selves. But there is more to the intertwined stories of Murrow and McCarthy than this simpleminded, rhetorically driven movie begins to encompass...
Already months in the making, an on-campus pub catering to undergraduates is slated to open next fall. And as planning begins in earnest, broad ideas are emerging about the shape and scope of Harvard’s latest answer to improving social life for its undergraduates...
Despite its awkward allusions to Scientology’s Hollywood denizens, Jeff’s question is entirely in earnest. He says that whatever I want to do, Scientology will help...