| 单词 | serious-minded |
| 例句 | Heavy, serious-minded bears and boars grunted behind him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “He’s such a serious-minded rooster, he can’t stand to hear anyone laugh. He ruffles up his feathers and cusses his head off.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His music became serious-minded and earnest, but it is debatable whether he changed the world. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It’s an inspired piece of comic acting, and a reminder that the serious-minded performer was just as comfortable with broad, “Saturday Night Live”-style tomfoolery. Watch These Great Harry Belafonte Screen Performances 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Gone is the bumbling overgrown schoolboy reporter of the 1970s and 80s movies; instead we see a serious-minded Kent, taken seriously by those around him. Searching for Superman: why Henry Cavill deserves another chance as the Man of Steel 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Though “Kraft” bustles with heady, impish music, it is a brilliant, serious-minded contemporary work. Music Review: Clash! Bang! Clink! Went the Orchestra 2010-10-08T17:47:00Z Mr. Hoffman’s style, Dr. Abzug said, entertained young people drawn to the movements of the 1960s and helped break down a stodgy culture as quickly as the ideas of more serious-minded radicals like Tom Hayden. Steal This Archive? Abbie Hoffman’s Papers Become a College Collection 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Simpson trial, is sliding into history with too few serious-minded attempts at unpacking what it all meant. Here’s Who Will—and Should—Win Emmys This Year 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Saturday night's Republican debate was designed as a serious-minded discussion of foreign policy and national security, issues largely overlooked in the 2012 presidential campaign. GOP rivals debate U.S. foreign relations 2011-11-13T05:59:00Z Films with serious-minded preoccupations and a need for challenging performances might seem the most vulnerable to such hazards. The Dardennes and Philippe Falardeau on Child Actors 2012-03-09T16:30:00Z Secular and liturgical works were both religious: A central purpose of all serious-minded music, wherever performed, was to honor God. There’s More Religion Than You Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z They giggled among themselves while serious-minded reporters asked them to elaborate on the cartoon’s merits. Review | After all the praise and hype, what if ‘Atlanta’ is just a great show about the human condition? 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z From “Fun Home” to “Hamilton” to “Dear Evan Hansen,” serious-minded musicals — those built around sensitive personal issues or complex chapters of history — are all the rage right now. Musical tales to make hearts leap, at a time when they were desolate 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z To be able to make fun of yourself in such a serious time, especially with serious-minded technicians – the doctors who are working like that, it’s defiant. Forty Years of the 4077th: Elliott Gould on the Anniversary of 'MASH' 2010-09-03T14:00:00Z Even her mother, a serious-minded business professor with whom Donna clearly has a kind of strained relationship, is completely on board. Shocking movie portrayal: Why “Obvious Child” is a revolutionary fairy tale 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The family wanted beauty to be natural looking, said our young, serious-minded, English-speaking guide. Dostoyevsky vs. Tolstoy: One Family’s Competitive Vacation in Russia 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z There is nothing inherently noble or serious-minded about men screaming for one patch of the earth's surface against another patch, as they follow 11 people in shirts and shorts booting a ball. Sex and shopping are no worse than gadgets or guns 2010-05-31T06:00:00Z The year was 1976, and many critics complained that Ms. Walters’s rise represented the fall of respectable television journalism, that her focus on personality and personal lives was too soapy and shallow for serious-minded viewers. The TV Watch: Barbara Walters’s Career Mirrors the Trajectory of TV 2013-05-14T01:27:11Z Late in the evening, he paused briefly for questions, and a woman asked a serious-minded about how much the script changes from night to night. Review: ‘Living Here’ Sends Gideon Irving to Wander City Apartments 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z “I would only wish this were as serious-minded a piece of work as he would have us believe,” he said. ‘Salinger,’ a Documentary Film 2013-05-08T21:24:06Z Many musicals rise and fall on the quality of the book, especially serious-minded ones like “The Last Ship” that aren’t upbeat crowd-pleasers. Producers Struggle to Fathom the Fall of Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’ 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z “As soon as we met, she hugged me,” Bernard told Vogue this year, describing Dyer as a serious-minded colleague with a great sense of humor. How Deesha Dyer, a hip-hop lover from Philly, became social secretary 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Some admirers were surprised, too: a sincere and serious-minded director such as Haggis was a Scientologist? Paul Haggis: 'You have to question your beliefs' 2011-01-06T22:30:02Z That didn’t seem to matter to “20th Century Women,” a serious-minded portrait of a woman and her friends in the 1970s. What to Watch for at the Golden Globes 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The result, in Guy Hollands's serious-minded production, is lush, dreamlike, creepy and emotionally satisfying. Beauty and the Beast ? review 2010-12-15T22:40:00Z Moss and Perry are very different personalities — she bubbly and social, he serious-minded with a touch of the neurotic. Elisabeth Moss and Alex Ross Perry listen up to some common notes 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z It’s telling that it’s top of that IMDb list, while nowhere to be seen on the lists of greatest films put out by serious-minded institutions such as the BFI. I've never seen … The Shawshank Redemption 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z On her London show, the serious-minded Spalding typically faced up to the challenges. Esperanza Spalding – review 2012-05-30T16:22:27Z This serious-minded four-part documentary series, produced by Abrams’s Bad Robot, wonders if maybe some of that science isn’t so fictive after all. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z I was in that state of mind, anyway, when I saw a Culinary Institute of America instructor demonstrate a recipe for tomato-stuffed peppers at a serious-minded conference recently. Weeknight Vegetarian: It’s meatless turducken And while “Harmony” is serious-minded and the prince’s dedication is quite admirable, there is something a bit stagy and embarrassing to his presentation. The TV Watch: Prince Charles Dishes Dirt (the Organic Kind) 2010-11-19T06:00:00Z Herendeen embarked on a more rewarding task when he undertook the direction of “North of the Boulevard,” Bruce Graham’s diverting but serious-minded comedy. Dancing some pleasing duets at the Contemporary American Theater Festival The high-toned beauty of the cinematography, by Thomas Hardmeier and Rasmus Videbaek, imposes a stateliness on this serious-minded movie that sometimes puts it at odds with the galvanic events it depicts. ‘Out Stealing Horses’ Review: Old Man, Take a Look at Your Life 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z The resulting magazine, Jacobin, whose ninth issue just landed, has certainly been an improbable hit, buoyed by the radical stirrings of the Occupy movement and a bitingly satirical but serious-minded style. Bhaskar Sunkara, Editor of Jacobin Magazine 2013-01-20T22:57:50Z It’s also a serious-minded exploration about what art can and should do in times of plague. What’s New in NYC Theater 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z One longs to praise Mr. Manrique for attempting a serious-minded story in this, his first feature. Review: ‘Chronically Metropolitan,’ and Hopelessly Self-Indulgent 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Kunkel, a wry and gifted critic and a founding editor of the serious-minded magazine n+1, joins the storied pantheon of good and great prose writers without much flair for drama. ‘Buzz,’ a New Play by Benjamin Kunkel 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, serious-minded movies that exemplify a more accessible and aspirational worldview are unfairly dismissed and pigeonholed — never mind that such films are much harder to execute without the crutches of sensationalism and vulgarity. Perspective | Audiences love family films. Hollywood might be catching on. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z On meeting the novel’s serious-minded heroine, Dorothea, Lydgate acknowledges that she is attractive, but he feels that she is “too earnest.” The Ideal Marriage, According to Novels 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z There are some high points, but it's uneven and rather serious-minded. Frances Ha, The Wolverine, Blackfish: this week's new films 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z If it were, might the same vocal qualities be perceived as positive traits befitting a capable, serious-minded leader? What’s behind the obsession over whether Elizabeth Holmes intentionally lowered her voice? 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Its two major jury awards went to much more serious-minded films. The Breakout Movies at SXSW You’ll Want to Know About 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z In case it’s not clear, Glazer is an uncompromisingly serious-minded film-maker. Jonathan Glazer: 'Nazism took hold like a fever. It's happening again' 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z "I just wanted to show that, if you give quality, serious-minded work to an audience, they will listen." Ivor Dembina gives parliament its first standup gig 2010-03-16T21:30:00Z "I'm sure they are nice old codgers, but I'm afraid I find their work serious-minded to the point of pain and obscure of purpose." Race hots up 2010-05-18T12:23:00Z Meanwhile, that category’s place in the mainstream has been taken over by serious-minded television series—and, with only a handful of exceptions, they’re basically the same thing: script-delivery systems, minus discernible directorial originality or inventiveness. The Twenty-Seven Best Movies of the Decade 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z With a variety of partners, many of them former Milk & Honey bartenders, Mr. Petraske opened several additional bars, similarly urbane and serious-minded. Sasha Petraske, Bar Owner Who Changed Cocktail Culture, Dies at 42 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z And by Carpenter’s standards, it was a rather serious-minded lineup, concentrating upon the classical organ repertoire of J.S. Cameron Carpenter unleashes his International Touring Organ at CAP UCLA 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z But in the years after World War II, Mrs. Fichandler was in the vanguard of a quixotic effort to create serious-minded repertory hubs in other major American cities. Zelda Fichandler, Arena Stage co-founder and matriarch of regional-theater movement, dies at 91 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Here he leads a band stocked with serious-minded musicians from his peer group: Ben Wendel on tenor saxophone, Aaron Parks on piano, Charles Altura on guitar and Justin Brown on drums. Jazz Listings for Jan. 1-7 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Good luck finding a serious-minded movie to escape the heat. It?s Been a Gloomy Summer on New York Stages 2010-07-28T17:57:00Z But we tend to prefer our political theatre serious-minded and verbatim. Political theatre lacks the Commons touch 2010-10-19T11:04:00Z The blockbusters will make way for studios’ serious-minded contenders. And the Oscar may go to … 40 key movies in contention for 2016 awards 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z But city authorities estimate that more than 5,000 artists live in the city, and they are served by an impressive array of serious-minded dealers. In Berlin, the Art World Spreads Out to Stay Safe 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z To quiet that voice, Riggan has decided to write, direct and star in a serious-minded Broadway adaptation of a Raymond Carver story. In 'Birdman,' Alejandro G. Inarritu takes his doubts and lets them fly 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Powell is one of a group of young, serious-minded gallerists in London who have opened commercial spaces showcasing emerging artists over the past couple of years. Small and Scrappy Is the Way for London’s Galleries After Brexit 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Raised in South Africa, she tends to pursue serious-minded projects about civil and political rights. Let It Go Go Go! Three Stage Versions of ‘Frozen’ Are on the Way 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z But the warmer-and-fuzzier arts camp, to the consternation of some of the more serious-minded filmmakers, has lately been winning this category. Documentaries Jostle Against Oscar Obscurity 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z All those serious-minded movies and shows that once seemed so improbable? ‘Watchmen’ Is Coming. (Actually, It Never Left.) 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z To remind us that there is more to Memphis than social media posts with a hazy grasp of history, Sottsass has become the subject of a series of serious-minded museum retrospectives. How the Memphis Design Movement Made a Comeback 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The polish and drive of the director Gary Griffin’s revival of this familiar piece of serious-minded British musical theater almost make you forget those wince-inducing lyrics, the blunt point making and often sketchy storytelling. Christopher Plummer in Stratford, Ontario 2010-07-09T04:28:00Z This is the difficulty experienced by actors promoting serious-minded material. Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet on drugs, disillusionment and playing father and son 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Why do some serious-minded Broadway shows flourish and others flop? Producers Struggle to Fathom the Fall of Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’ 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z This was a dumb hypothesis that could easily be ignored except that it arrived on the heels of two more serious-minded reports about whether cooped-up couples were procreating during the pandemic. Perspective | No, more sex is not the answer to the country’s problems 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z The show, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, a serious-minded artist I would not have associated with glitter or caprice, can’t make up its mind. ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Review: An Adaptation That Needs Tailoring 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The respect they have afforded their serious-minded audiences has earned them untold goodwill in return. Comic-Con: Preview night 2010-07-22T12:58:00Z In Germany and Scandinavia, the easygoing brand stands out in a market saturated with serious-minded technical apparel. KAVU, Ballard’s clothing brand for good times, turns 30 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Despite his success, he still codes as a serious-minded family man, with lyrics that can be convincingly specific, as when he complains about the price of electricity. Review: A pop star fights an autocrat in uneven but rousing 'Bobi Wine: The People's President' 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z For their part, the justices see themselves as serious-minded jurists guided by law, not ideologues or partisans. Supreme Court's conservatives are solidly in control, but not quite as predictable as last year 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z "I regard acting," she once said, "as a serious job for serious-minded people." Glenda Jackson obituary: 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Growing up, Cindy loved reading and was serious-minded when she needed to be, said David Kim, whose family went to the same Korean church as her family in College Station. Couple killed at Texas mall shooting along with 3-year-old son had ‘perfect synergy’ 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z The King who emerges from these pages begins as serious-minded but playful, a ladies man who likes a good party and an all-night bull session. How Martin Luther King's new biographer broke news and shattered myths 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z In Washington, Mr. Lawler has positioned himself as a serious-minded moderate, breaking with his party on some cultural issues while supporting Mr. McCarthy’s debt ceiling and spending proposal. Biden Woos Republican Moderates in Debt-Ceiling Standoff 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z How does a serious-minded artist get taken seriously — or even find the time to pursue her calling — in a context where art is no big deal? Review: Kelly Reichardt's first comedy is a wincingly funny portrait of an artist at work 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Over the course of his career, the gravitational centre of music writing has shifted from glossy magazines to broadsheet newspapers, resulting in more serious-minded coverage. Reach for the Stars: The perils of being a 90s pop star 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z “Blueback” may be a bit too wistful, leisurely paced and serious-minded for the kid audiences it seemingly hopes to attract. Review: Natural beauty and a touching ecological tale center the female-forward 'Blueback' 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Whether it was Mitt Romney destroying George Santos or President Biden owning his hecklers with a smile, America got to see what happens when serious-minded politicians — with real experience — take center stage. Adults in the playroom: Biden and Romney try to rescue order from chaos — but is that enough? 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z But interviews with half a dozen current and former colleagues paint a picture of a respected historian and serious-minded political scientist who is not easily fazed and has long been careful to avoid partisan politics. Trump FBI search puts unusual spotlight on Archives nominee 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Supporters say this shows the new king is a serious-minded man with a genuine concern for his people. Charles, Britain's conflicted new monarch 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z “He’s a very serious-minded kid, young man, and he is all business. He’s done that since the day I met him.” Bears’ Montgomery wants to show he’s a top-tier running back 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z You’d hope that would inspire in all of us a recognition of the need to be thoughtful and serious-minded in debating a forward path. Some of us still have some growing up to do 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Ms. Levy was a serious-minded, unflashy writer who allowed herself the occasional flourish of humor to capture her subject in humanizing detail. Claudia Levy, Washington Post journalist and advocate for women in the newsroom, dies at 77 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Filmmakers have attempted to make serious-minded movies about history and geopolitics since 9/11. How 9/11 changed TV, art, sports, education, millennials, bigotry, country music, fiction, policing, love — and more Filmmakers have long been drawn to “Dune,” dreaming of turning Herbert’s action-packed yet philosophical novel into a more serious-minded, grown-up answer to “Star Wars.” 'Dune' was long considered 'unadaptable.' The screenwriters explain how they tackled the sci-fi classic 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z In the early 1990s, he made a name for himself — and infuriated more serious-minded rivals — when he fanned “Euroskeptic” sentiment in Britain by ridiculing the bloc’s arcane rules, sometimes stretching the truth to do so. Go fish: Britain and France dispatch patrol boats as tensions mount over fishing rights 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Baerbock, 40, is a former trampolinist who is respected within her party as a serious-minded and capable politician who prefers delving into policy detail to delivering rousing rhetoric. Baerbock to run as German Greens chancellor candidate 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Bowers was described by associates as a serious-minded, taciturn lawyer who bears little resemblance to the bombastic, publicity-seeking lawyers who have sometimes represented Trump. S.C. lawyer says he doesn’t hesitate to represent Trump: ‘It’s what I do.’ 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z But they also aspire to artistic sophistication, necessitating “deep” themes and serious-minded mayhem. Review | ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ is two movies: A fun one, and a bloated, grandiose one 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z To some people, he was flashy, bragging falsely about being a sniper in Iraq, but to others, he was serious-minded. How a ‘diabolical’ former DEA staffer conned the intelligence community 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z They needed a serious-minded basketball coach, a low-key dude who loves the grind of studying the game and brings smart strategies to the practice court to engage players with high basketball IQs. Perspective | Frank Vogel seemed like an uninspiring choice. He was perfect for the Lakers. 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Examples abound of the public accepting this categorization, including in serious-minded outlets such as the Economist and New York magazine. Perspective | Five myths about Stan Lee 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Somber and serious-minded, the live-action “Mulan” is a movie that has grown up alongside its original audience, which is presumably old enough to crave something heavier in its entertainment diet. Review | The new ‘Mulan’ is somber and serious-minded — and spectacular 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z But there will be real setbacks for the kind of serious-minded art cinema that Cannes reliably supports and feeds annually into the festival pipeline. Movie theaters are still shut down — and with them, the power of challenging cinema 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Some traditionalists feared that color printing would cheapen a serious-minded product, but Mr. Clurman insisted that the new technology — soon recognized as the norm — would help the newspaper continue to attract advertisers and readers. Michael Clurman, Washington Post operations executive, dies at 67 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z “I was a kind of serious-minded kid, and they took me seriously,” Buttigieg said. ‘A serious-minded kid:’ Pete Buttigieg aimed high early 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z “I was a kind of serious-minded kid, and they took me seriously.” ‘A serious-minded kid:’ Pete Buttigieg aimed high early 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z They refused to overpay their own free agents, and they sprinkled in a few serious-minded veterans in Thomas, Ish Smith and CJ Miles to bolster the youth movement. ‘He’s a different cat’: Why Bradley Beal chose to stick with the rebuilding Wizards 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z But a random, one-off dark green isn’t enough to dispel the notion that Apple seems to think its apparently serious-minded Pro users don’t like playful colors. The 3 best and worst features of the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Three people involved in the talks from different sides have described the environment as serious-minded and cordial, with each delegation dining and traveling back and forth to the island from Caracas separately. Venezuela talks in the balance as US ups pressure on Maduro 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z “Such serious-minded discussions support a self-aggrandizing vision of the totalizing power of the algorithm,” he writes. Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake? 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z This makes the phenomenon of microdosing more similar to the fringy 1950s Saskatchewan studies than the serious-minded psychedelic research that’s sprung up parallel to it. Do Microdoses of LSD Change Your Mind? 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Of course now it’s a proper, serious-minded collaboration with a lot of people. Manolo Blahnik on His New Men’s Shoe Collection 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z In the reboot, you are supposed to play the serious-minded grownups who act as a check on an intemperate, mercurial president of the other party. A to-do list for House Democrats 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z If anything, both films show that effective, serious-minded horror is more than just long, dramatic pauses and artfully composed visuals. Lessons from TIFF on the next year in film 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z You can tell it is serious-minded because, with just a few exceptions, all the images in it are black-and-white. Review: Contemplating 'a Handful of Dust' at the California Museum of Photography 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z It’s funny, I say, so many people think of you as serious-minded, forever banging on about environmental catastrophe or the refugee crisis, yet at heart you are relentlessly ... Lily Cole: why I made a film about 'violent, awful' Heathcliff 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z This is the third Marvel movie this year, and it’s coming after the serious-minded Black Panther and a pretty upsetting Infinity War. Ant-Man and the Wasp director Peyton Reed on how Marvel avoids superhero fatigue 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Colleagues describe Kuciak as a modest, dedicated and serious-minded reporter who specialised in data journalism and eschewed the limelight. ‘They can’t kill us all’: Slovakian journalists defiant after murders 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z But the formula seemed to get inverted at Toronto this year, with films that gave extraordinarily somber, serious-minded treatments to schlocky drek. Lessons from TIFF on the next year in film 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z When McCloughan was here, they wanted to be a physical team full of serious-minded competitors that played defense and ran the football. Perspective | The Redskins are building toward something. What that is, we don’t yet know. 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z But Segal applauded CEQ's recent focus on infrastructure and said Hartnett White "joins a team already undertaking a serious-minded and capable review of the federal government's role in energy and environmental projects." Nomination of climate skeptic to head White House environmental office draws strong reactions 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Does she think of Françoise, her only child, the serious-minded intellectual who preferred her books and piano to the grand dinner parties and receptions given by her parents? Never Envy the Richest Woman in the World 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z More than a century after opening as a small technical school for “serious-minded boys,” the school is awarding its first university degrees at its summer commencement this weekend. Wentworth set to award its 1st university-level degrees 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z In an independent record store, she met a serious-minded young man, Paul Carter, an industrial chemist who moonlighted as a producer and seller of English folk-song records. Angela Carter’s Feminist Mythology 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Yet now his main project is to ensure that serious-minded, long-form prose will offset the torrent of tweets, often penned by twits. Three-hit wonder 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z And Gruden is in control of it all, managing a serious-minded team that seems boring to those used to drama. Recent Redskins coaches blew their encores. Will Jay Gruden break the cycle? 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z What was known: she feuded with her sister, the actor Joan Fontaine; she had been romantically linked to people like Jimmy Stewart and Howard Hughes; and she took “a hardheaded, serious-minded approach to her career.” Olivia de Havilland at 100: See Classic Photos of the Star 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z In delivering Part II of her dual wonk-a-thon speeches on economic policy, she rehashed all the homework she’s done on taxes, Wall Street reform, college debt and other serious-minded concerns. Why voters like She’s Not Trump 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Michael Bradley, the team’s serious-minded captain, was less effusive about his team’s performance. Jurgen Klinsmann Brushes Off Opening Loss for U.S. Team in Copa América 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The line “She will get elbow-deep in Palmolive for you” was a particularly egregious way to describe such a serious-minded political leader. Elizabeth Warren’s place is not in the kitchen 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Backed by a deep-pocketed parent company, Al-Jazeera America began with lofty goals of offering serious-minded news and won some awards for its work. Al-Jazeera America, which failed in its attempt to establish another TV news network, signs off after a three-hour live farewell Tuesday 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z A serious-minded, humble surfer dude – in many ways Wood’s antithesis – Vedder’s first contribution to this new project was to write lyrics for a demo tape of Gossard riffs. Pearl Jam – 10 of the best 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z “After last night, which was disappointing for everybody, tonight we were a very serious-minded, professional team playing very confident on the road,” Clifford said. Batum scores 25 as Hornets rout Bucks 115-91 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z They recall a student who was serious-minded about politics, if not his studies, and inclined toward long discussions of public policy. As Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton jockey for support from black and Latino voters, much of the debate has centered around which candidate has a stronger record of fighting for minorities 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z He was joking about the latter, but the serious-minded Scott has a fairly important backer — his boss. Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak really likes Coach Byron Scott's tough-love style with young players 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z His candidacy drew a fresh bounce afterward, as voters looked not toward a serious-minded policy hound but toward someone who seemed able to project strength. A Look at Questions That Could Shape the 2016 Race 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Ron Kaufman, who served in the first President Bush’s administration and is a longtime friend of the family, said Jeb Bush in particular was more of a serious-minded policy aficionado than a political fighter. Debate Offers Jeb Bush a Chance to Take the Family Gloves Off 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z But he also said that, while some have believed that Mr. Trump’s supporters would gravitate toward more serious-minded candidates after the Paris attacks, he anticipated the opposite. Donald Trump Sets Off a Furor With Call to Register Muslims in the U.S. 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Boasting a sizable budget, stirring photography and Arcilla's charismatic lead performance, "Heneral Luna" would never be mistaken for more serious-minded art-house material, but there are certainly less lively ways to be taught a history lesson. 'Heneral Luna' wages an overtly biased campaign for Filipino hero 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Bringing a serious-minded public affairs program to TV might seem like a thankless task, especially in today's tumultuous, ratings-obsessed media environment. 'The Open Mind's' Alexander Heffner talks about the ideas that drive his show 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z The serious-minded readers of these pages and associated website may have mixed feelings about sports mascots. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z On the one hand are those arguing that it's fun and entertaining, factors that actually hurt a contender at the more serious-minded Oscars. George Clooney, Johnny Depp and 'The Martian': Six questions raised by the Toronto film festival 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Petraske went on to open similarly urbane and serious-minded bars with a number of partners, many of them former Milk & Honey bartenders. Sasha Petraske, Bar Owner Who Revived Luster to Cocktail Culture Around the World, Dies at 42 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The secret wish of many a serious-minded Republican is that Trump is now headed for the exit door of the primaries. The Donald's '47 Percent' Moment 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z A born leader, Mr. Pinckney was serious-minded and almost freakishly poised from an early age, so bookish that his mother forced him to play baseball to get him out of the house. Clementa Pinckney Felt Called to Spiritual and Political Service 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z She has no interest in following Hillary Clinton’s path into politics, but says she has learned something about how a serious-minded first lady can be useful. Michelle Obama comes back to London where she learned how to help girls succeed 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z He was a serious-minded coach who believed the players had to behave a certain way off the field. An oral history of USA at Italia '90: the World Cup that changed US soccer 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z The team has a sponsor, however, who is more serious-minded about the competition — an engineer and Penn State alumnus named Glen Chatfield. Inside the surprisingly dark world of Rube Goldberg machines 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Even if they don’t adopt each specific prescription, they need to be as serious-minded as Dartmouth in tackling this problem. Last call at Dartmouth 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z “He was always a serious-minded guy, but more so now. He has a better understanding of the sport and of the technical end of it,” Fenn said. Ashland speed skater takes part in American Cup 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z These were serious-minded young people concerned about the state of their nation and they were wondering what they could do to effect change. Some thoughts as we wait to see whether Ferguson burns 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Are there, as Mr. Carper, a serious-minded ally of the District, asked at Monday’s hearing, viable solutions short of statehood? President Obama could help kick-start the debate about D.C. rights A serious-minded Senate — cynics would call that an oxymoron — should explore these questions, even if that means lawmakers having to stay in Washington beyond the planned adjournment in the next two weeks. Congress Should Have a Say on ISIS 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z There were some more serious-minded, good-hearted attempts made in good films like The Rocketeer, The Crow, the underrated The Shadow, The Phantom, and the terrific Blade and The Mask of Zorro. Superman And Jesus: How Superhero Films Revived Biblical Epics - Part 2 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z He wrote serious-minded memos, ingratiating memos, and incendiary memos. The Nixon Memorial 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The descriptions are both flattering and tinged with irony, for this is not a hospitable moment for serious-minded intellectuals on the right. Can the G.O.P. Be a Party of Ideas? 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Miller is running as a Democrat, but he speaks the language of the serious-minded Independent. The Real House Candidates of Beverly Hills 2014-04-24T09:00:15Z To promote their restaurants, they maintain a steady presence on Twitter and Instagram, and star in serious-minded documentaries about their work. The World’s Best Chefs Punked Wylie Dufresne for His Birthday 2014-04-09T22:03:37Z The colossal practice complexes that many N.F.L. teams have built are serious-minded places that maximize a team’s output. Giants Put Training Camp on the Home Schedule 2013-08-06T17:37:18Z "All of a sudden at that stage I think we turned from boys into men and we became terribly mature and serious-minded." New memorial for UK Korean War dead 2013-07-26T23:53:06Z Hermione No, there are some serious-minded people here in the U.S. that have set up their own food distribution programs. Bill Cosby's 'Tough Love' Message for Blacks 2013-06-12T18:20:36Z And yet, you don’t have to dig very hard into the record to find that there were plenty of serious-minded advisers who tried to warn state officials away from 38 Studios. Curt Schilling, Rhode Island and the Fall of 38 Studios 2013-04-20T21:51:41Z Mr. Sharma, his family said, had grown up to be serious-minded man who recently registered for college. India Ink: The Delhi Gang Rape Accused: Vinay Sharma, a 'Quiet and Simple' Boy 2013-01-10T12:16:06Z But while there is no shortage of serious-minded policy analysis, reporters generally end up commentating on the game, with a scoreboard constantly updated with the latest polls. The shared language of sport and politics 2012-09-27T23:59:27Z A Voice for Workers Aminul Islam was a small man, barely 5 feet 4 inches tall, serious-minded and bearing the beard that signifies a devout Muslim. Made in Bangladesh: Killing of Bangladesh Labor Leader Spotlights Grievances of Workers 2012-09-10T02:28:39Z But the described it as "a serious-minded film whose politics demand soul-searching and attention". 9/11 film opens Venice festival 2012-08-30T09:22:45Z Even if you accept the notion that Facebook is the province of wacky American teens and won’t help Apple sell products to serious-minded people elsewhere, I’m not sure what Anderson is talking about. Is Apple Forcing Us to Act like Teenagers? 2012-07-27T00:05:23Z That suggests that these scamsters too are trying to attract idiots, rather than serious-minded borrowers. Online fraud: Blatancy and latency 2012-06-28T15:03:25Z He discusses subjects upon which every serious-minded person wishes to be informed. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z The wish was natural enough, for the life led by Charles in Paris was not calculated to commend him to his serious-minded cousin. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z The trade also symbolized a culture shift for the organization, which was in need of more professionalism and serious-minded players after years of laughing through losing. Wizards? Ernie Grunfeld won't let speculation about future affect him 2012-04-12T23:40:38Z He was also a true Knight disciple, serious-minded and stern. Knicks? Woodson Is a Reflection of His Mentors 2012-03-30T01:32:31Z Her serious-minded, intellectual son inspired her with a certain feeling of timidity. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The ideal course to pursue would be, of course, to spank the serious-minded young men who think that the Russian novel is a cross between Nijinsky's dancing and a pogrom. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z He was a serious-minded young man, who realized that Georgia at that moment was passing through a particularly serious crisis in her affairs. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z The poets who delight us with their verses are not always serious-minded persons with an important thought to communicate. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Mabel did not understand why this blasé society woman, with her carefully groomed flippancy, cared for the very serious-minded young Jewess, but she knew that they frequently lunched together. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z “Roald Hoffman on the Philosophy, Art, and Science of Chemistry,” Oxford Press There are art school nerds and there are serious-minded science geeks, and never the twain shall meet. Your body in a vacuum, and the philosophy of chemistry 2012-02-14T01:37:00Z Among the people of Scotland, a more serious-minded and imaginative race than the English, the superstition of witchcraft was deeply rooted at an early period. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Indeed, among ourselves of late, many serious-minded persons seem to be coming round to the Church's way of thinking on this important matter. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z This approach helps engender a serious-minded approach in return. Bulls driven in pursuit of excellence 2012-01-27T02:43:00Z They were grown up, too serious-minded to act such a comedy. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Every conceivable variant of denunciation which might be legitimately accompanied by a photograph of a woman or a group of women, received publication in interviews with pious divines, alarmed statesmen and serious-minded welfare workers. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Ticket sales for serious-minded Broadway shows were akin to a lump of coal last week during the run-up to the Christmas holiday, according to an analysis of weekly show grosses released on Tuesday. ArtsBeat Blog: Holiday Spirit Doesn't Extend to Serious-Themed Shows on Broadway 2011-12-27T21:53:36Z The serious-minded housemaid is not content to do what she is told to do. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Agents who have spoken to the Bulls say that management has stressed the desire to add serious-minded professionals to the mix. Chemistry class: Bulls looking to add to mix 2011-12-03T01:04:00Z “Prudence is better suited to a serious-minded husband than you are, Rose, in everything but years,” old Mrs Morgan retorted. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z We allow children to play after school hours, and on Saturdays; but for grown-up, serious-minded men and women to want to play would be almost as disreputable as for them to want to get drunk. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Scotsman.—"'All on the Irish Shore' has hardly a page between its covers that does not contain some touch of rollicking Irish humour that is calculated to provoke the most serious-minded person to mirth." Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Her constituency is made up largely of serious-minded, highly respectable people, who live in good homes, who are fairly well read, and who ought to know the difference between ordinary and extraordinary literature. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Iowans want a serious-minded leader for the serious job of being president.” Cain Controversy: Could New Charges Affect Primary Races? 2011-11-01T21:36:32Z We find here as in so many other places in thirteenth century poetry, that the serious-minded were already looking back. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z “I suppose if one were really starving one could live on them for a time,” said the honest and serious-minded Bertram, ever a seeker after truth. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Some of the old men, serious-minded convicts, went immediately to bed. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z A serious-minded gentleman, surely, but lately accused of murder, and proved to be innocent. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z The teachers are terrible grinds, the girls are fearfully serious-minded. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Of course, all of you young ladies are too serious-minded to do such a thing yourselves.” The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize 2011-09-05T02:00:21.083Z Now that the conclave between the serious-minded citizens had begun, even Smithy was listened to with some respect. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z But all the serious-minded convicts were not so particular as the Little Russian, who could not bear to see people gay. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z You need a self-starter who will get in the gym and work and fit in with the serious-minded culture the Bulls have created. K.C. Johnson's Bulls mailbag 2011-06-22T18:32:00Z The reading of novels does well for a while, but the serious-minded man tires of them and then, while they may occupy a couple of hours, they have exactly the same objection as the newspaper. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Smiles developed into a charming, serious-minded young woman, and the doctor's warm friend, Dr. Bently, falls in love with her. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z She aligned herself and sat with the more serious-minded students in the class. A Ballplayer. A Bookworm. A Killing. 2011-05-30T04:10:20Z Every one felt himself in better spirits, laughter and jokes were heard, snowballs were exchanged, which after a time excited the indignation of the serious-minded convicts, who liked neither laughter nor gaiety. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Anyway, let me, as a sop to the serious-minded, pass on to the other little event which I must chronicle before I come to my finale. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z Anna and Vronsky are serious-minded, honorable persons, who have struggled conscientiously against their mutual enchantment, but are swept out of their own moral orbits by the resistless force of Fate. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z Grant was the most serious-minded of the four and everything he did he did with all his heart. The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp 2011-04-27T02:00:26.377Z Beyond the winning, though, this is just a serious-minded, professional and respectful group of players to cover. K.C. Johnson's Bulls mailbag 2011-04-14T21:55:00Z This cutting speech, deeply wounded the serious-minded man. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z Or was she very serious-minded, like so many Americans? I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z The Infant was a man of very great authority, so that his admonitions, mild though they were, had much effect on the serious-minded. The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. I 2011-04-02T02:00:10.597Z The musical opportunities of Weimar were such as to afford ample encouragement to any serious-minded young student. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z And she seemed to me serious-minded and thoroughly sincere. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z What evidence is there before the world that would lead any serious-minded person to believe that this prediction I have read in your hearing may find fulfillment? Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher A Discourse 2011-02-24T03:01:00.270Z And levity in those who ought to be serious-minded is levity to me wherever I find it. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z I wish to be, I am, a serious-minded person. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z “Well, I’m a serious-minded sort of fellow, and Muriel seems to enjoy all this Society business which I detest.” Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z Habibi, the Arabic word for “my beloved”, is a sort of stepchild of a more serious-minded group called the Gay and Lesbian Arab Society. City Room: For Gay Arabs, a Place to Dance, and Break Down Walls 2011-01-13T20:57:45Z "All except you were drowned, sir," said the doctor, who was known in Cardyllion as a serious-minded man, a little severely. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z The blogger Matt Yglesias, meanwhile, posted a more serious-minded take on the policy behind the party’s position. City Room: Trends in Rent, Monuments and Education 2010-10-20T15:05:00Z Though the king's name is made evident in Ludgate Hill, which runs up to St. Paul's west front, this author's statements are considered as pleasing fictions by serious-minded authorities. Cathedral Cities of England Notwithstanding she did not find it disagreeable to be able to tease her serious-minded brother. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas There were, naturally, serious-minded people who considered that some of these arrangements were of a frivolous character, out of harmony with the tragedy of war. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War But what serious-minded men not engaged in the professional business of philosophy most want to know is what modifications and abandonments of intellectual inheritance are required by the newer industrial, political, and scientific movements. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude They were not reckless and unscrupulous adventurers, nor yet rolling stones who sought an indolent life of ease, but serious-minded and industrious home-seekers. Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers He was a serious-minded and kindly old horse, and did nothing worse than snort a little over the change in his diet, from hay to small girl. Life on the Stage He’s a some serious-minded boy, that night-hawk, and if signs is any indications, he’s fixin’ to take an appeal under the Winchester Act. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus Given that the command and the technical operations are in the hands of highly trained and fairly serious-minded officers, you can’t have too much slapbang, hell-for-leather, devil-take-the-consequences spirit in the ship’s company. Sea-Hounds The bewilderment over English prices given in a coin which has no existence is like that felt by serious-minded persons who read Alice in Wonderland from a sense of duty. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu Dr. Little was serious-minded, inclined to be fussy, but of a generous nature and a genial disposition that gained for him the regard of all his patients. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle He's a deal sight more serious-minded than the rantum-scootum boys one has to put up with in a wanderin' life like this. East Angels I have quoted that saying to many women in turns, and each and all on the spur of the moment exclaimed ‘How true!’ though the serious-minded ones tried to back out afterwards. An Unknown Lover She was a serious-minded person, always ready to discuss a serious problem seriously. Little Aliens In the other room, where refreshment had been taken in for their physical weal, sat the more serious-minded. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion I have already said that the excitement did not abate, but the more serious-minded began to look critical, and, among the latter, curiously enough, there were a good many superior officers in the army. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections "Why," says the serious-minded chap, earnestly, "the Smith and Jones of Accomac." The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 The very existence of this sect, and its flourishing condition there, is a plain indication of what serious-minded natives felt about the excessive use of these three things. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports Having left the comforts of their old homes, traveled hundreds and thousands of miles, entered the wilderness, and endured the privations of the frontier, they were serious-minded. History of the Constitutions of Iowa The arguments put forth in the English religious journals have been reproduced in the journals here, and have in many instances awakened the apprehensions of serious-minded persons. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education The clientèle is somber too, and in keeping- 33 - with the place; silent poets, long haired, pale, and always writing; serious-minded lawyers, lunching alone, and fat merchants who eat and drink methodically. The Real Latin Quarter He was a heavy, serious-minded, bald man of middle age, and Adelle at once made up her mind that she liked him far less than the judge. Clark's Field Heretofore he had known her as a thoughtful, serious-minded woman, with a leaning to melancholy; and this unexpected and evidently enjoyable flight–or plunge–into pure nonsense, caused him a distinct uneasiness. The Pines of Lory In the improvement of rural morality due to the sifting of country people during the farmer period, it becomes evident that among a people so serious-minded some delinquencies still remain. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology Oh, William, I am so glad and so thankful that out here in this wild region you’ve kept serious-minded and are turning out such a good man!” Santa Fé's Partner Being Some Memorials of Events in a New-Mexican Track-end Town Most of my friends came from Balliol, and were serious-minded men, many of them occupied and troubled by religious, philosophical, and social problems. My Autobiography A Fragment The doctrine of the uselessness of all useful things would not merely endanger our commercial supremacy as a nation, but might bring discredit upon many prosperous and serious-minded p. 186members of the shop-keeping classes. A Critic in Pall Mall Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies I think every serious-minded person must be proud to inherit fine qualities and to pass them on. Robinetta No, serious-minded people did not appeal to him, and, in his blundering way, he told himself that life itself was far too serious to be taken seriously. The Law-Breakers Being a friend of "Rus's" and practically a next door neighbor as well as a team-mate, I can't really turn the serious-minded bird down. Interference and Other Football Stories Unfortunately, they were serious-minded men, and they failed to see the joke. The Story of Don Quixote And the little bright faces make it a happy place, for this class, though serious-minded, is exceedingly cheerful. Lotus Buds Captain Brocq was a simple, modest fellow; a hard worker; reasonable, temperate, serious-minded officer: a good middle-class citizen, in fact. A Nest of Spies The idea of the serious-minded Veronica developing a bubbling or kittenish manner was too much for them. The Madcap of the School Exorcising now went on daily, to the disgust of the serious-minded, the mystification of the incredulous, the delight of sensation-mongers, and the baffled fury of Grandier. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters Professor Houghton, a serious-minded historian, writing of Jones said: "His moral character can be summed up in one word—detestable." Paul Jones Some of them celebrated their escape by getting drunk, but mainly they were too serious-minded to waste time or substance. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse It is not necessary, as I say, for art to be solemn and wholly serious-minded in order to be sincere. The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. Gratien Philipon was a handsome man, and vain and frivolous as he was handsome; but his beautiful wife was serious-minded, and much the superior of her husband in intellect as well as morals. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Jeff and Willis Truman, a former classmate, had started a game of bridge with two of the more serious-minded girls. The Comings of Cousin Ann It's the funniest strike that ever happened to a serious-minded sex. The Gay Rebellion She was a woman, and it would have surprised these folk to know how serious-minded the last two days had made her. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies He would then answer, without a smile, for he was a serious-minded major, “No, thanks.” The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon It was a serious-minded club of clever women, and most people had been amused when Polly Street joined it. Across the Mesa The gay, and fashionable, and worldly, the king; the serious-minded and austere, the Parliament. Charles I Makers of History For the more serious-minded the extensive Raffles Museum and Library is centrally and beautifully located. Wanderings in the Orient Here, as in several other camps which were visited later, I found that a school, taught through the medium of Dutch, had already been opened by some of the more serious-minded of the people. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 Christianity brought with it a new hope for all those who would escape from the bondage of sin, of which the serious-minded were becoming more and more conscious. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe Nobody expected serious-minded things of Polly, though here and there someone was willing to admit that she was “clever enough in her way.” Across the Mesa Sometimes he lay in the shade a long time and thoughtfully gazed into the distance, dreaming as serious-minded youths dream the world over. Frank of Freedom Hill This habit of ours of making fun of ourselves has come by now to be fairly well understood by even the most sensitive and serious-minded of our continental friends and neighbours. Fragments From France The serious-minded students who do a hard day’s work when all the pretty ladies have gone to bed. Miss Mapp “A few years of these ‘noble aims’ of hers will make her so serious-minded that she won’t even see the meaning of a slang phrase. Patty's Success What do you think of my serious-minded father? The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail Little Schamah acted like a lovely inner beam of sunshine that cast its light on our serious-minded subjects. Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) I have had experience with members of royalty before and I know what serious-minded people they are. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 "Ho, ho!" interrupted Judy, who loved these discussions with her serious-minded friend. Molly Brown's Senior Days Few serious-minded persons will like the temper of this paragraph. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion His frequent humorous sallies and stories exasperated some of the more serious-minded members of his staff very much as Lincoln's sallies and stories exasperated some of the members of his Cabinet, particularly Secretary Stanton. Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization He would come into a group of his serious-minded teachers and say, "Oh! what's the good of saving souls if you can't have any fun?" and start a frolic or organize an all-day picnic. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement The tone of the meeting changed from that of serious-minded discussion of a theft and its treatment, to care-free chatter about an evening of fun. The Girl Scouts' Good Turn Mrs. Lenox herself was one of those serious-minded persons who regard their opportunities as responsibilities. Jewel Weed I think it’s dreadful nowadays how so many of them are allowed to get serious-minded.” The Squirrel-Cage From that day he became a serious-minded man, while he did his best to show by his life that his heart was changed. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading But the more serious-minded of the men have risen, very gently, and are sneaking up the aisles. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge Yes, and how many women, after a life so frivolous as to amount to wickedness, have, from their attachment to their offspring, settled down into the redeeming position of careful, anxious, and serious-minded mothers! Olla Podrida What a great thing it is to be a serious-minded young man with eye-glasses, engaged, while yet in youth, in molding public opinion through the mighty agent of the press! Jewel Weed It’s difficult to be serious-minded at twenty-four, and patient with people who fuss!” The Love Affairs of Pixie Yet my dear friend remained year by year a serious-minded man, and when later on I met him, his society was for me so unenjoyable that I never found any pleasure in frequenting it. Debts of Honor To Bleyer, always a serious-minded man, this levity had added insult to injury. The Highgrader Of what value could the experiences of so low, so vulgar a creature be to serious-minded people? The Adventures of Maya the Bee His attitude was comically that of a serious-minded European tourist. A Daughter of the Middle Border Such a prospect to the serious-minded and sensitive-spirited cannot but provoke the profoundest melancholy. Human Traits and their Social Significance The youth's name proved to be Severne, and he was the most serious-minded youth who had ever stepped from college into writing. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life He was a very steady, serious-minded person, and yet full of life and fun. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor The sergeant and purser’s steward, who were both serious-minded men, though not much enlightened, agreed heartily with Mr Martin; and Ben learned many an important lesson from listening from time to time to their conversation. Ben Hadden or, Do Right Whatever Comes Of It She broke off, looking round half timidly in Ruth’s face, for it was reversing the usual rôles to find herself laying down the law as to right and wrong to the serious-minded elder sister. The Fortunes of the Farrells Hitherto I had not seriously connected Robin with the tender passion, and this sudden intimation that the most serious-minded and ambitious of young men is not immune from the same rather startled me. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton He saw his duty plainly; he was serious-minded; he had no sense of humour. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Yes, she should miss them all from the fat Miss Austin who was so delighted to be sitting beside her to the serious-minded Carlotta Young, with her theories about testing your education. Betty Wales Senior An interesting point is that the vivacious and keen-witted child understood and was devoted to this serious-minded uncle of his. Lloyd George The Man and His Story Just goes to show how hard up we are for comic stuff in the Corrugated Trust these days when we can squeeze a laugh out of such a serious-minded party as Hartley. Torchy and Vee The Reverend Percy turns out to be kind of a solemn, serious-minded gink. Torchy, Private Sec. Of course he was in love in a most serious-minded fashion. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Thousands of substantial, serious-minded men and women write to her about the proper thing to do or say in a given situation. What's in the New York Evening Journal America's Greatest Evening Newspaper A serious-minded heathen of an older school would no doubt have been shocked by the levity of the author's manner. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature In a few brief years he had grown to a serious-minded man. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story He rubbed shoulders with boys of various degrees of rank and wealth, and learnt to be simple, true, and serious-minded; but he was in no way remarkable at this age. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Conceive his fearful despair at finding his heart irrevocably committed to a young lady as serious-minded as himself, equally lacking in humour, and devoted mind and soul to the romantic or idealistic school of fiction! Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Mount Saturn, if prominent, indicates a serious-minded person, religiously inclined, slow to reach a conclusion, very prudent, free in the expression of opinions, but inclined to be pessimistic. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference President Everett, who was a serious-minded person, was much offended by the whole proceeding. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 As to attracting the youth; there must be a great number of serious-minded people coming back to civilian life. Unfolding Destiny She was serious-minded, was Miss Westlake, and sweet and helpful; any man could see that; and she fairly adored business. The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story So, naturally, he did the obvious thing—that is to say, the obvious thing to a serious-minded writer with no sense of humour. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life The more serious-minded Paul III found another lion in his path. The Age of the Reformation Calhoun’s conduct in school was above reproach, and as a man he was always steady and serious-minded. Stories of Later American History At twenty-nine he came back to New York, a serious-minded, purposeful man, wrapped up in his profession and heterodoxically humane, to use the words of his grandfather. From the Housetops The first young man of Mount Mark to yield to the charms of Prudence was a serious-minded lawyer, nearly ten years her senior. Prudence of the Parsonage All this would have been quite an ideal condition of affairs, and an object-lesson to a harsh world and other editors, were it not that Severne was serious-minded. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life The American, too, has made the great mistake of assuming that the foreigner, and especially the Frenchman, is not always serious-minded and to be depended upon. The War After the War No serious-minded Christian can be disinterested in this supreme effort of the various Christian denominations for unity. Catholic Problems in Western Canada He was a serious-minded man with a wife and three children, whose society he enjoyed on an average one month out of twelve. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle Spurious, unnatural feeling will invariably fail to convince serious-minded men. Talks on Talking He's a serious-minded gink, and all frivolous cracks are lost on him completely. Wilt Thou Torchy If we are serious-minded, our attitude towards our own errors is one of unaffected leniency. Americans and Others In our own country, the urgent necessity of introducing religion in our public school is now for every serious-minded Canadian an agonizing problem. Catholic Problems in Western Canada The present effort of the serious-minded to meet the case takes two general directions, natural enough outgrowths of the original militancy. The Business of Being a Woman Their poverty of thought can not be long disguised in flamboyant rhetoric and sesquipedalian words, and hence they fail to carry conviction to serious-minded men. Talks on Talking He was a serious-minded young man, and he did not understand French. Burned Bridges There is a weekly journal of high repute which has earned a secure place in the regard of serious-minded people by its lifelong sobriety, moderation, and respect for the prunes Page 291 and prisms. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences A serious-minded analyst might be tempted to admire the profound psychology of the author in mingling doleful accents with expressions of joy, but he would have his labor for his pains. Musical Memories She began to cast her eyes upon Britannicus, the son of Messalina, who was now becoming a young man and who seemed to be more serious-minded than Nero. The Women of the Caesars And to the more serious-minded, such as Horemheb seems to have been, the movement must have appealed in its imperial aspect. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology He was a serious-minded child, who had already passed through that most painful period of doubt as to Santa Claus and the Fairies, and had not yet reached the period of certainty about everything. Children of the Wild I am going to London to visit a friend and if I ever recount my voyages there, it will only be to the serious-minded members of the Geographical Society. His Excellency the Minister So much was the sermon depended upon to furnish literary food that it was the general custom of serious-minded laymen to take down the words of the discourse in their note-books. Initial Studies in American Letters An only son and not rigidly trained in his home, he had not formed the habits of study which his more serious-minded room-mate, Foster Bennett, possessed. Winning His "W" A Story of Freshman Year at College Every page is sure to contain the subject-matter for a hearty laugh close-linked with a lesson that may well be conned by the most serious-minded. The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure The Bourbon Prince, a serious-minded man, felt the truth of all this and was at pains to come to my venerable friend and heartily express his appreciation. In the Days of Poor Richard What could there have been in the serious-minded, dark-visaged "Little Giant" to win the hand of this mistress of many hearts? Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Not a few serious-minded students, however, have been discouraged from attempting a study of Freud's dream psychology. Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners Third—The serious-minded reader who alternately tackles Macaulay, Darwin, and Tom Jones with frequent and prolonged relapses—simply to rest his mind—into Mrs Wistar and Capt. A Library Primer The unrest pervading all classes, an outcome of the Revolution, showed itself among the more serious-minded in increased intellectuality, and a reaching after higher things. Beethoven But now up the companion ladder struggled eight serious-minded individuals herded by the second mate. African Camp Fires The doctrine of the uselessness of all useful things would not merely endanger our commercial supremacy as a nation, but might bring discredit upon many prosperous and serious-minded members of the shop-keeping classes. Reviews But while the joy of life wells up and overflows in his song he was also, like all Welshmen, serious-minded, as the specimens given in my translation from his works go to prove. A Celtic Psaltery She was passing through momentary moods of depression or of pleasure as she thought of change and travel, or nourishing little jealous desires that her serious-minded cousin should miss her. Westways That the more serious-minded thinkers of the nation have, as a rule, rejected Buddhism is not strange. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic It is hardly conceivable how serious-minded people can lend themselves to the spreading of a fable so childish. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index When the laughter had ceased, Ruddie, who seemed a serious-minded youth, began a story of an uncle of his who had contracted blood-poisoning from the dye in his stockings. Left Tackle Thayer Practise alone if you can find no earnest and serious-minded ones to join you. The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga To-day the millions of honest and serious-minded Americans are ready to back the most thorough and most drastic policy, because that has become the most necessary and the best policy. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Now a gulf separates the ordinary Japanese, even though educated, from the serious-minded Occidental. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic The more serious-minded had managed to cluster together round a side-door which, being adjacent to the pulpit, proved an advantageous spot for hearing. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 The latter were of all sorts—fat and joking, thin and very serious-minded, intense, enthusiastic, cold and haughty. The Rules of the Game Creations of its fantasy are the Scaramouches, Crispins and Harlequins, grinning silhouettes of man, types altogether unknown to serious-minded antiquity, although they originated in classic Italy. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations Thousands of honest, serious-minded men frankly confess that in modern conditions they see little hope of this battle being won without religion as a sanction of right conduct. The Minister and the Boy A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Boys' Work The uncle with whom he lived was a serious-minded man who by his industry had won means ample for the comfortable subsistence of his enlarged household. The Reign of Andrew Jackson The cunningly foreseen consequence was that what Mr. Kohlsaat gained in popularity with the colored brethren he lost in the estimation of those serious-minded souls who swallowed the hoax. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 Even then Field possessed the wit and the plentiful lack of reverence for the conventionalities of life that must have rendered him both intolerable and incomprehensible to a body of serious-minded and necessarily conventional professors. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 These theological buffooneries, which by force of impudence and eloquence extorted admiration in Notre-Dame, had no such effect upon these serious-minded Christians. Recollections of My Youth The serious-minded leader will not be altogether satisfied in merely holding boys together for a "good time," wholesome as that may be. The Minister and the Boy A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Boys' Work It did not occur to Richardson, serious-minded man that he was, that he was formulating a new art canon for fiction. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities The whole interview was a serious piece of business to the serious-minded realist. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 A love of music common to both was the only thing that made Field tolerable to his serious-minded elder. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 Godfrey was all right, a serious-minded youth, but Rudolph, although a good sort of a fellow, was frivolous, he had even fought a duel in Rostock for the sake of a merchant's pretty daughter. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes In this age, when all things—even our dear Bishops—are considered fit subjects for jest, we could do with one serious-minded paper. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 7, 1914 Gottfried Gottfried bowed to the guest of his house with the noble manner which comes to every serious-minded man who deals habitually in the high matters of life and death. Red Axe They may, perhaps, have succeeded, too, in partially reconciling a certain serious-minded portion of the public to the author. Sterne She was like two individuals, so swiftly did her moods change--one moment impressing me as a laughing girl, the next leaving me convinced she was a serious-minded woman. Love under Fire Who would believe that my aunt, a grave, serious-minded lady, devoted to the management of the estate, to prayer and benevolent schemes, had such a worldly weakness as horse-racing. Without Dogma But I can't imagine any serious-minded man in a serious time reading this book and not getting hope and courage from it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 11, 1919 All Indians like to see women more or less sober and serious-minded, not giggling all the time, not silly. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People There were plenty of other earnest, serious-minded men like Garrison and Whittier who were fighting against the evil in the straightforward, blunt way. Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans You've always been so unique as a trifler that one rather hates to see you swallowed up in the troop of serious-minded young women. The Visioning The girl was undoubtedly made more serious-minded by the after-effects of her experience and perhaps by her disease. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology He was cold and precise in his manner, a bloodless man, without passion; but he had a curious vein of frivolity which disconcerted the serious-minded among whom his instincts naturally threw him. Of Human Bondage But publishers, among innumerable other conditions, must weigh the fact that no novel which does not deal with modern times is ever really popular among the serious-minded. The Certain Hour A countryman that's honourable and serious-minded such as he; God forbid that I should say a sojer, or sailor, or commercial gent from the towns, or any of them that be slippery with poor women! Jude the Obscure Now listen to me—I am serious-minded, and do not commit follies, like you fellows. A Chair on the Boulevard Denzil had grown up under the prosperous rule of the Protector, and his boyhood had been spent in the guardianship of a most watchful and serious-minded mother. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger What did you read in the Forward Look on page 57 about another serious-minded man who believed that wholesome humor is a "medicine"? The Elson Readers, Book 5 England, as in France, there were earnest desires for church reform, partly aroused by such serious-minded humanists as Colet, More, and Erasmus. Outline of Universal History No serious-minded person who learned of his delusion gave it a second thought. Tales from Bohemia Neither may represent absolute and final truth, and yet no serious-minded man can question which is really the more authoritative. The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament Connected with the liquor evil is the birth-rate question, to which since the war the attention of all serious-minded people has been drawn. The World Decision As the first of April drew near, she did think of a plan, and she decided that April Fool's Day gave her a legitimate excuse for teasing her serious-minded relatives. Patty Fairfield But he little knew what the serious-minded were thinking about. The Fourth Watch Very frequently it was necessary for him to remind himself of the fact; for between the duty-loving, serious-minded, middle-aged, sorrowing widower and his half-brother was very little in common. Mrs. Day's Daughters Others less serious-minded found a sphere for their natural gift of speech in the halls of the rhetoricians. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius It seems paradoxical to speak of child-life in this hard-pressed, serious-minded colony, but it was there and, doubtless, it was normal in its joyous and adventuresome impulses. The Women Who Came in the Mayflower And thus it was that these two men now found themselves in the dock with twelve serious-minded tradesmen sitting in solemn conclave to consider their crimes. A Girl Among the Anarchists The serious-minded among them—and there were few who did not bear the stamp of hereditary Puritanism—now saw a fresh proof that they were the peculiar care of an approving Providence. A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II Lady Denyer was not the less serious-minded because she was seen at every aristocratic resort, and wore low gowns with very short sleeves, and a great display of mottled arm and dimpled elbow. Phantom Fortune, a Novel The Prussians are a serious-minded race and never more serious than when they make war, as all the world now knows. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front The long night-watches of the sailor are eminently adapted to draw out the reflective faculties of any serious-minded man, however humble or uneducated. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War Harriet there, serious-minded, thinking I was being befooled, and the agent thinking he was befooling me, and I, thinking I was befooling both of them—and all of us wrong. Adventures in Contentment The people who tell the tales are poor, serious-minded fishing people, who find in the doings of the ghosts the fascination of fear. The Celtic Twilight So much admiration from an old lover is not good for the peace of mind of even a serious-minded author—and such a fascinating man as Bruce! The Black Creek Stopping-House "Johnnie's such a serious-minded person that she favours older than her years," the mother told him. The Power and the Glory To the deep and serious-minded, redemption involves the regeneration of the race. The Warriors The opinion of such a scholar ought to have weight with all serious-minded Christians. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People Haven't you ever remarked that a serious-minded earnestness always goes with cobbling? Average Jones To the girl, this serious-minded youth who seemed so strangely out of tune with the blatant military fanfare, was a distinct novelty. Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 But, happily, there are not lacking many proofs that the resort was also largely affected by more serious-minded and respectable members of the community. Inns and Taverns of Old London Besides news there is comment, and comment, at any rate among serious-minded people like the British, is quite as well thought of as news. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography J. Wallingford Speed, face to face with these serious-minded gentlemen, began to reflect that this foot-race was not a thing to be taken too lightly. Going Some Aunt Jane was serious-minded and progressive, and, worst of all, she was conscientious. Half a Dozen Girls He was a lamentin' this to a shipmate of his, a serious-minded man, like you. Nature and Human Nature But a still more serious-minded person took part in the assault upon the coffee-house. Inns and Taverns of Old London Most serious-minded men at my age, I believe, become profoundly impressed with the futility of "it all." Over Prairie Trails And this, I imagine, is an unconscious throw-back to the old days when serious-minded readers chose Hannah More for the place of honor, because her stories taught the moralist how to live and die. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism The father was a wholesome, serious-minded, essentially reasonable, Cornell man. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness "And thee preferred the fop to the serious-minded?" The Gilded Age, Part 3. She had never suspected that serious-minded, hard-working Kenneth had anything but scorn for men of less mental calibre and quicker wit. Patty's Suitors He dogged that serious-minded gentleman through all his waking hours, finding a rare delight in playing upon his suspicion and lack of humor. The Ne'er-Do-Well If more proof were needed, the curious predilections of the serious-minded among our novel-readers would supply it. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism To any serious-minded person it must be evident that the Filipino is not going to work out his artistic salvation by way of the Paris studio. The Galleries of the Exposition "Yes, and Henry Brierly, a friend of his; a very amusing young fellow and not so serious-minded as Philip, but a bit of a fop maybe." The Gilded Age, Part 3. Of course there are men so constituted that they find this pastime a relief and a pleasure; but their felicity of temperament ought not to be made into a rule for serious-minded men. From a College Window In time a fair young wife and children came, bringing new brightness and joy to the serious-minded warden. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life For the others were mostly rather grave companions, serious-minded and elevating enough to have passed muster in a Ladies' Debating Club; but this new fancy of the Professor's was simply one embodied laugh. The Descent of Man and Other Stories By reason of his father's death and other circumstances Washington was burdened with responsibility long before he arrived at manhood, making him far more reserved and serious-minded than most school boys. On the Trail of Grant and Lee We feel, somehow, that Samuel Clemens has suddenly become quite a serious-minded person, that he has left Tom Sawyer and Joe Harper and Huck Finn somewhere in a beautiful country a long way behind. The Boys' Life of Mark Twain Many of whom were the most serious-minded of men where women were concerned. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn It was a scene profoundly impressive, and with these serious-minded, sober people, one that indicated overwhelming emotion. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa In his investigations he was assisted by Mr. De Long, to whom this social life was absolutely new, and who was disposed to regard it as peculiarly Yankee—the staid dissipation of a serious-minded people. Their Pilgrimage Hastening after her, the serious-minded young man accosted her just as she turned into a quiet street. Rose in Bloom He was a kindly, serious-minded man, sincerely devout, and not over-bright. The Rise of David Levinsky Tip Taylor was, in the main, a serious-minded man. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country For her age, and perhaps because of her mother's death, which still seemed recent to Janice, she was rather serious-minded. Janice Day the Young Homemaker "But," said Mr. Vedder anxiously, "do you think such an institution would be accepted by the proletariat of the serious-minded?" The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment Golden sovereigns were solid facts; wifely virtues, by a serious-minded and strong-willed husband, could be instilled—at all events, light-heartedness suppressed. Tommy and Co. And the more I looked at her, watched her gestures, and listened to her voice, the stronger grew my impression that she was a serious-minded, ingenuous woman, incapable of playing a part. The Rise of David Levinsky And to those serious-minded, reticent progenitors of mine, looking out from their lonely fields across the lonelier sea, their faith must have been everything. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) He had been a serious-minded man, and death frightened him as it must frighten anyone who believes that all his most secret thoughts will be shortly exposed in public. The Way of All Flesh A very successful and serious-minded captain of industry among the guests sternly rebuked me by saying: "Sir, that is impossible; horses were never born that could run for twenty-five years without stopping." My Memories of Eighty Years But then, I sometimes wonder whether Denis is altogether serious-minded, whether he isn't rather a dilettante. Crome Yellow He was far on in his life, he was far on even in his religious life, before you would have ever thought of calling him a serious-minded man. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) She was serious-minded—made so, perhaps, as much by circumstances as by anything else, for she was not at all vivid, and had little sex magnetism. The Financier, a novel He cut across all the associations of serious-minded men. Manalive But that will is an entity, existing by itself and pulling at levers of conduct without itself being organic, need not be entertained by any serious-minded student of his kind. The Foundations of Personality She avoided her serious-minded friends, and went out into the fashionable world. Anna Karenina But there were foolish voices about me less reticent; while the literature, illustrated and otherwise, provided in those days for serious-minded youth, answered all questionings with blunt brutality. Paul Kelver, a Novel A few were published and scandalized the more austere and serious-minded revolutionaries, who held a meeting to decide whether any more were to be printed. Russia in 1919 I was too serious-minded to think of faking. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it This experiment was repeated many times and each time provoked the serious-minded scientific visitors who witnessed it to laughter. Origin and Nature of Emotions Yes, in a single day he had accomplished what his more serious-minded companion would have taken weeks to effect. The Count of Monte Cristo |
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