Word: sobering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...debate. Dozens of publications, including TIME and Newsweek, used paparazzi shots to illustrate their stories on the tragedy last week. A news photo of Diana's two sons glimpsed inside a car after her death--a shot that could easily be regarded as intrusive--ran even in the sober New York Times. Though editors and publishers say clear-cut rules are hard to set, the tragedy has heightened their sensitivity to the issue. "You have to exercise judgment when you know competitive forces are going to exercise less judgment and less taste," says Mort Zuckerman, publisher of the New York...
...week was remarkably tame for an event that was supposed to celebrate rock 'n' roll. The show was even moving at times, with several performers offering tributes to those who had died, including Notorious B.I.G. and Princess Diana. The SPICE GIRLS, not known for their emotional depth, added a sober note to their saucy little outfits by donning black armbands when they performed. And, sure, BUSTA RHYMES wore a dress, but how wild can an event be when his co-presenter was MARTHA STEWART? Most of the recipients thanked their parents, and MADONNA even found time to give a little...
...Percentage of sober drivers involved in fatal crashes in 1995 who were speeding...
...University of Southern California, eventually became a charming monster of self-indulgence. Women, beginning with his mother, lined up to mother him. He had two wives and physically abused them both. He drank incessantly: "There are people who knew him for years and never, to their knowledge, saw him sober." Insofar as such behavior can be redeemed, Exley did so through his writing skill and his sense of humor, which was usually aimed at his munificent failings. As a person he was largely dreadful, but as a character in Yardley's book he commands attention...
...more on welfare, more on children's health, just more in general. The deal passed last week was historic because it balanced the budget for the first time in nearly 30 years, made the biggest tax cut in 16 years and managed both without bloodshed. It was left to sober economists to swat away all that confetti and note that the economy was going to do a lot of that anyway and that the big, important issues--like fixing Social Security and Medicare--had all been quietly tabled...