"If both sides have goodwill, and if the seriousness and political will both sides have shown so far continues, then within three months we can get to the first step," Aftab reported Araqchi as saying.
But treating the phallic jokery with aplomb, casualness if not seriousness, is what would let the fierce anguish of the play's pacifist sentiment emerge, and might even make it funnier, too.
Until now, I've sidestepped the question, saying that only time will tell if the seriousness with which the Holtzclaw or the Steubenville case was taken means that we're moving in the right direction, or just a statistical accident in what's generally still a wasteland of rape apology.
However, if the seriousness of the situation was in question, participants reported that they would hesitate.
Some cases stated to be unavoidable may have been avoided if the seriousness of their condition was identified at earlier stages in the pregnancy.
The research objectives were to (1) describe knowledge, attitudes, and practices about CVD among young adult African Americans in metropolitan Phoenix and (2) determine if perceived seriousness, perceived susceptibility, perceived self-efficacy and perceived benefits related to CVD risk varied by gender, age, education, and health status.
It would have been a sign of seriousness if the parties' leaders had put members of the "gang of six" senators who have been trying to formulate a bipartisan approach to deficit reduction on the committee.
Literary depth is too often equated with a sort of journalistic idea of "seriousness," as if depth were achieved by taking on "issues" like hypocritical attitudes toward female adulterers.
The jury was instructed to decide the most serious charge first, and then move on to the next charge (in descending order of seriousness) only if it acquitted on the previous charge.
"We must live up to the dream of 25 years with a lot of seriousness, even if we are like little kids in the candy store with all this data around".
But, on Kelly's show, the President is mostly presented as a sign of seriousness, as if placing the weight of the White House alongside Jones's thrown-together stories amounts to some sort of paradox.
