Word: soberer
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...that you're sober? I remember talking to someone early on after I was sober about how I suddenly felt awkward at parties. They said, "Well, you're supposed to. Everyone feels awkward at parties." It's an appropriate feeling to feel...
It’s 2 a.m. on a Saturday night, you just got shut down by that freshman in the Quad, and all you need is a good meal to sober you up before you go home. This is not the time to get creative. Ditch the classier options, and just head straight to the Kong. Their crispy scallion pancakes and greasy lo mein will hit the spot every time. It’s an oldie but a goodie...
...engagement to Felipe de Borbon, heir to the Spanish throne (press opinion on the white Armani suit she wore for the occasion was divided, but the suit reportedly sold out of Spanish stores within days). Once they married in 2004 and she became a princess, Letizia frequently chose sober suits in neutral colors and evening gowns (see one forest green number worn to a 2006 state dinner for Vladimir Putin) that made her look like a very expensively upholstered sofa. But even at the beginning, there was the occasional breakout number: in fact, she made her debut on the royal...
Three years on, Kabul has become a more sober, watchful city. The walls around embassies, aid offices and foreigners' guest houses have sprouted to around 15 feet high, and are often crowned with razor wire. After a few foreigners were kidnapped and shot by drive-by gunmen last year, it is now considered foolhardy to walk around the streets of Kabul. Booze is no longer sold openly. Many, but not all, of the brothels were shut down and the girls rounded up and flown back to China...
...October, at which point governments and education officials can either act on or ignore them as they wish. There's a chance that, in the U.S., UNESCO's recommendations will be drowned out by the knee-jerk outrage of conservative pundits. But at least the guidelines can undergo sober and thoughtful examination in more open-minded places ... like Ethiopia...