Rather than the hordes of drunken men I'd been expecting, there were six couples, all earnestly reading the descriptions of nineteenth-century Montmartre brothels with the dedication of history students approaching finals.
But then I remembered my parents, many years ago, earnestly reading (often aloud to each other) and debating similar editorials and felt nostalgia for a time when the electorate had far less media and far fewer opportunities to get political information but were more genuinely politically aware.
This being the case, it would seem any high school senior who earnestly reads "Real College" most likely isn't going to show up for freshman orientation, smoke PCP and immediately jump out of a two-story window, like Helen Hunt in the 1981 television movie "Angel Dusted".
Fellow saxist Andy Sheppard mock-earnestly read out the lyrics to the 60s pop hit Secret Love, then jammed on it.
To those who've seen the movie or experienced that sculpture in L.A. -- and, well, actually, to anyone -- I very earnestly impart that you read the book, as it were, and come to this land and experience Mother Nature's effortless one-up of a man-made work, in its natural setting.
Better to stick to King coconut juice, or Three Coins Beer, a good local lager, whose earnestly written label reads "When consumed in moderation, Three Coins is an ideal thirst quencher, a mild relaxant or an excellent lubricant for social intercourse".
The app lists all the conditions your symptoms may match, so you need to read each one earnestly to see if it describes your situation.
She is so proud that she has recently learned to read, and is earnestly poring over everything, from books we get from our trips to the library together to the junk mail we receive each day.
A classmate of mine earnestly explained how he had read a report by Colin Powell about a "privately recorded" phone conversation in which Iraqis were reportedly taped saying "we have the weapons"; this all sounded very dubious.
In later years Churchill earnestly urged his friends not to read it.
