Word: earnest
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...pictures he took are almost lighthearted. In one, a guard is caught napping in a patch of sunlight; in another, seven hostages are dining in a kitchen, a kettle on the stove, a yellow shirt and underwear drying in the window. But Hill also aimed his camera in earnest, particularly on one occasion when he was able to reach the roof of the building in which he and his fellow hostages were being held, and photographed the neighborhood. "I hoped to take pictures that investigators could use in the future to pinpoint our location," he said...
That they failed in the brief time allowed was perhaps inevitable. That they tried, and agreed to keep on trying, was good news after six years of stonewalling and invective at long range. Equally important, the frank but earnest exchange between the two leaders may have served to shore up support back home, without which neither leader can deliver on any good intentions...
...their own children's quality of life. Parents can create a good future for their children only through hard work. The good times and the mentality of having an easy life are basically over. It is time for the French to roll up their sleeves and start producing in earnest. Paul Cardona Valletta, Malta Your article mentioned the 1789 French Revolution several times and noted that "it's ironic, maybe even quaint, that people on both sides of the constitutional debate should cite the French Revolution to bolster their case." You should have mentioned a key worry of many French...
Brown packed the house, but the raucous crowd of over 2,000 couldn’t seal a victory for the home team as Harvard prevailed 77-69. Back in the title race in earnest, the Crimson made short work of Princeton and Penn, topping each team by more than 20 points...
...addition, Limpert laments the loss of what he calls “New England and Boston influence” on Harvard life. While he considers some aspects of Puritan sensibility “laughable,” Limpert says that its values promoted the ideal of a serious, earnest life...