The director, Edward Zwick, attempting to revive the stately manner of sixties epics, has made a very earnest piece of work handsome, methodical, pious, and rather doggedly literal.

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Only in the early 1990s did a joint Albanian and British team start work in earnest again.

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And on July 16th it delayed its second gathering until August, when it hopes to start work in earnest.

ECONOMIST: Haiti's earthquake

Now that a settlement has been reached, eager lawyers can get to work in earnest on class-action lawsuits on investors' behalf.

ECONOMIST: The Wall Street settlement

Originally founded in the 16th Century by the Portuguese, work commenced in earnest on the fort in 1663 under Dutch colonial rule, when it became the country's primary port.

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Work that started in earnest after Okposo mixed it up with Pittsburgh defenseman Matt Niskanen in the second period.

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The requesting Inspectors General are tasked with overseeing investigations that can take multiple years to complete, and the oversight work often begins in earnest during the final phases of a project.

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The "mad genius" concocts music that is as mesmerizing as it is odd and eclectic, running the gamut from electronic trip-hop to guitar heavy arena rock and earnest, acoustic singer-songwriter work.

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Construction on the facility - believed by the US to be large enough to contain 3, 000 centrifuges, not large enough for commercial work - started in earnest in mid-2006, diplomatic sources said.

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