She solicited a range of opinions, paid earnest compliments, and showed political convictions about international law and the consequences of jingoism.
In her final speech at the pageant, she pays earnest tribute to the valiant women she (and the movie) previously mocked as bimbos and airheads.
Ackerman even pays earnest attention to the mechanics of chewing ("mechanoreceptors on your tongue sort the pieces of your mouthful by size").
(Petrusich) ★ Roots of American Music Festival (Saturday and Sunday) This two-day extravaganza pays earnest tribute to pioneers of American music (this year the legendary Sun Records — home to Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Louis, Rufus Thomas and others — will be honored, along with the beloved producer and musician Jim Dickinson) with a series of compelling performances.
Though it's also true that U.S. lawmakers are now paying earnest attention to the privacy policy area at a federal level.
"I sinned, I must pay," Kiranjit tells her earnest lawyer (a typically impenetrable Rebecca Pidgeon) while the soundtrack wails in sympathy.
But the more vexing discussion — of who, exactly, will be asked to pay more — begins in earnest on Monday, when the authority will present four proposals that would raise the required money.
Rival service TalkTalk, which entered the budget end of the pay TV market in earnest nine months ago, added 160,000 customers in its most recent quarter and now boasts 390,000 homes.
After a two-day respite from the campaign trail, Vice President Al Gore stepped up his New York campaign in earnest yesterday, paying homage to the labor unions he is counting on to mobilize for him in the March 7 primary and spending the evening courting arts patrons at Lincoln Center.
Three earnest social workers pay them a visit.
