When I made my first earnest step toward what would eventually turn into changing my career, I was just doing something that filled me up--writing--because I couldn't stand to not do it any longer.
What Saudi Arabia needs to do, in earnest, is take steps to diversify away from oil dependence.
"At Occidental, we have observed a strong commitment by the College, President Veitch, the Board of Trustees, senior leadership, the Title IX and Clery response teams, the Sexual Misconduct Advisory Board and the many dedicated students, staff and faculty who have taken earnest and significant steps to implement meaningful changes," the report says.
Right now, they're behaving like parents whose faith in their earnest, out-of-step offspring has finally paid off: singing along, filming on their phones and chuckling when burly, jovial Hutchison tells of meeting a couple who congratulated him for "making a career out of heartbreak".
One sincere and earnest man, Michael Burke, stepped into the middle of this impasse and established "Save the Sphere," an impressive grassroots campaign arguing for the sculpture's protection and return.
Even Saturday Night Live chimed in with a Schoolhouse Rock-style skit showing the president throwing an earnest Bill down the Capitol steps in favor of a cigarette-smoking thug of an Executive Order.
Instead, from the mystery train stepped a very earnest man named Marcelo Vargas, with a neatly knotted tie and a clipboard.
Asserting that the United States had largely achieved its military goals, Mr. Obama said that Afghans were ready to take responsibility for their own security, a transition that will start in earnest next year when American and NATO troops step back from a combat role to training and counterterrorism operations.
Pebble's embrace of the functionality seemed almost begrudging, finally acknowledging that it has become a (if not the) key driver in wearable adoption and rolling out Pebble Health in earnest late last year, while activating native step and fitness tracking on its newer devices — all those save for the Pebble Classic (Pebble 1) and Pebble Classic Steel.
Indeed, Pedestrian Verse sees every member of the Scottish quintet step up, making their earnest folk melodies sturdier in a bid to send them into the stadiums.
