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21Les Earnest — Lester Donald Earnest was born in the United States on December 17, 1930. He began his career as a computer programmer in 1954 during a stint as a U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics Officer Digital Computer Project Officer at Naval Air Development… …
22(the) Importance of Being Earnest — The Importance of Being Earnest [The Importance of Being Earnest] a comedy play by Oscar Wilde, first performed in 1895. A young man, Jack Worthing, wants to marry the daughter of Lady Bracknell, but Lady Bracknell disapproves of him because he… …
23the devil is not so black as he is painted — Cf. late 15th cent. Fr. toutesfois n’est il pas sy deable qu’il est noir, a man is not always as devilish as he is black. 1534 MORE Dialogue of Comfort (1553) III. xxii. Some saye in sporte, and thinke in earnest: The devill is not so blacke as… …
24Importance of Being Earnest — a comedy play by Oscar Wilde, first performed in 1895. A young man, Jack Worthing, wants to marry the daughter of Lady Bracknell, but Lady Bracknell disapproves of him because he tells her he does not know his parents as he was found in a handbag …
25be in earnest — Be serious, be thorough, be thoroughgoing, be resolute or determined, be not jesting …
26The Fumble — In American football, The Fumble refers to a specific incident in the AFC Championship Game between the Cleveland Browns and the Denver Broncos on January 17, 1988 at Mile High Stadium. With 1:12 left in the game, running back Earnest Byner… …
27In jest — Jest Jest (j[e^]st), n. [OE. jeste, geste, deed, action, story, tale, OF. geste, LL. gesta, orig., exploits, neut. pl. from L. gestus, p. p. of gerere to bear, carry, accomplish, perform; perh. orig., to make to come, bring, and perh. akin to E.… …
28Jest — (j[e^]st), n. [OE. jeste, geste, deed, action, story, tale, OF. geste, LL. gesta, orig., exploits, neut. pl. from L. gestus, p. p. of gerere to bear, carry, accomplish, perform; perh. orig., to make to come, bring, and perh. akin to E. come. Cf.… …
29Jest book — Jest Jest (j[e^]st), n. [OE. jeste, geste, deed, action, story, tale, OF. geste, LL. gesta, orig., exploits, neut. pl. from L. gestus, p. p. of gerere to bear, carry, accomplish, perform; perh. orig., to make to come, bring, and perh. akin to E.… …
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