Word: sobering
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...major cities. In Washington, a pall of pessimism hung over the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Representatives of more than 120 nations listened attentively to cataclysmic predictions that they would have dismissed immediately a year or two ago. The atmosphere was such that sober, responsible people from Beirut to New York were ready to believe that it was no longer impossible that one or more Western powers might in some dire future contemplate military intervention in the Persian Gulf to secure control of petroleum reserves. There were even unconfirmed stories in the Middle East...
...public interest continued, as well as rumors about what really had happened. According to one theory, Kennedy delayed reporting the accident so that he could sober up. Another was that he had talked Gargan into taking the rap but changed his mind the next morning...
...that good cooperation between the French and German governments is a necessary precondition for the progress of European integration. But even if people are friends, this does not mean that they can compromise the national interest of their people. Monsieur Giscard d'Estaing is a very sober man, not given to great speechmaking, more given to practical and concrete results. And in some ways I may match this attitude...
...Regulations. Inflation has contributed significantly to students' newly sober attitude toward higher education. A year's average tuition and room and board at a private college costs about $3,200; at many schools the total is close to $5,000. "One of the first things the students do is look for part-tune jobs," says Eileen Roberson, director of student employment at Simmons College in Boston. Among the most common jobs: waiting on table, manning switchboards and doing research for professors...
...clientele is generally sober in both senses of the word, with an emphasis on young professional types...