Nonetheless, Allen's work is comic and breezy — not from a lack of seriousness or of commitment but from an abiding sense of fullness and progress, an optimism in the sense that the dice are infinitesimally loaded, that, in the long run, over the billions of throws, the house gets beaten just enough to keep mankind in the black.
What does this say about the sincerity and seriousness of his commitment to gay equality?
But the existence of the prison group and its efforts to organize behind bars raised questions about the seriousness of that commitment.
In it Bruant, dressed in bohemian black accented by a brilliant red scarf, wears a fiercely intense expression meant to convey the seriousness of his commitment.
Whatever the seriousness of their commitment to act against Hamas and the other radical militias, few Palestinians believe that they will be able to do so unless Israel relaxes, and ultimately ends, the occupation.
"Hillary's appointment is a sign to friend and foe of the seriousness of my commitment to renew American diplomacy and restore our alliances," Mr Obama added, in a pointed reference to George Bush's Iraq legacy and the damage to America's US standing in the world.
In "Girl Running on a Balcony," done in 1912, possibly an attempt on the part of Balla to establish the seriousness of his commitment to the "Manifesto" which he had co-signed in its definitive version in 1910, booted feet can be seen at the bottom of a shower of colored dots in which it is barely possible to make out repeated figures.
Unconventional displays in clothing or behavior belie the seriousness of your commitment to your career.
Although Rosenzweig continued to think and write after the Star, he engaged in very little philosophical writing, traditionally conceived an indication of both his satisfaction with the way the Star expressed what he had to say, and the seriousness of his commitment to turn away from philosophical writing and towards Jewish life after having completed it.
President Kennedy sent only a wing of jet fighters and bombers to Dhahran Airbase, demonstrating to Nasser the seriousness of American commitment to defending U.S. interests in Saudi Arabia.
Perhaps you're non-binary and "husband" or "wife" doesn't account for your gender; maybe you're queer and you want to align yourself with your transcestors; or, possibly, "boyfriend" or "girlfriend" just doesn't broach the seriousness of your commitment.
