Word: soberer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...broke enough to sleep on park benches, but often as not he was to be found weekending with the very rich on Long Island or at Newport, a majestic little tramp, a peerless raconteur, an engaging and enigmatic character who read a great deal, played excellent chess and, when sober, was a perfect gentleman...
...will deny anyone's right to wave signs so long as the spectacle does not break up a public meeting. But some will say that a Patriots Day ceremony is a sober occasion when one should meditate on the courage of our forefathers and reverence their memories, and an outburst of partisanship is in poor taste, if not worse. This doctrine was the police's second line of attack...
Meanwhile, under the shade of an historic tree, an old man-the proud bearer of a large Taft button-argued with a student over the ethics of waving a placard on such a sober occasion. "What's wrong with a placard?" the student asked, "Taft men are distributing political handouts." The old man pondered this, then tentatively suggested "That's communist tactics." He pondered a little longer, then, perhaps aroused by his own perception, suddenly began screaming "Communist tactics, Communist." Wilting fast, the student took up his placard and fled...
...Carl Vinson did what he could to defend the bill against indiscriminate cutting. "I am certain," he said, "that so long as this nation remains prepared . . . war is not imminent. Let down our guard and the lightning will strike." But the House was not in the mood for sober counsels. At the first touch of the scrub brush it began flailing back. It refused to restore any part of the Committee cuts. Then it sliced out half a billion more, leaving a final figure of $46.2 billion...
...eyes shut tight. This sort of thing has attracted the attention of the bobbies. During a recent trial, when Hogben was acquitted of drunken driving, a friendly colleague testified: "There is no other man I know more likely to be mistaken for a drunken man when he is quite sober...