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...common on one stretch of Malibu, Calif., highway as blonds in convertibles. But when L.A. sheriffs arrested MEL GIBSON for driving at nearly twice the legal speed--with a blood-alcohol level of .12% (.08% is the state limit)--the A-lister with an image as a sober traditionalist Catholic seemed to be reverting to his Mad Max days. Gibson was released on $5,000 bail and later issued an apology, both for the driving infraction and for what he called his "belligerent" behavior: "I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested, and said things...
...custody, and the yawning stretch of jail time ahead of them, have turned them into realists. They realize Palestinians will never drive Israelis into the sea and that their best hope is for separate Israeli and Palestinian states to live side by side as wary neighbors. It is a sober appraisal that, according to a recent poll by the An-Najah University in Nablus, is shared by 79.8% of Palestinians...
...Kerouac in the early sixties when he read at Lowell House. That was quite a night. I got into the reading (I was late) through the persuasions of Desmond O’Grady. He haunted the Grolier when he was drunk. When he was sober, he was incredible, and every scene was a movie. He worked with William Alfred, the playwright and poet. To most of us, he was the stereotypical wild Irish poet who strode through the world bringing an almost magical power. Much later on, I met James Merrill and attended his reading of the first portion...
...since the last spike. Will the country finally get serious about conservation? Will Detroit go full-tilt producing hybrid cars? Will commuters stay home and work over the Web? And last, this, the big one: What will it take for oil-drunk Americans to finally learn their lesson and sober up? (With its talk about gas-tax holidays and $100 rebates, Congress seems to be answering, Free drinks...
...Nightlife can mean anything. We can provide you a very valuable experience that will hit your soul and your mind, and send you home sober." PRINCE SULTAN BIN SALMAN BIN ABDUL AZIZ, head of Saudi Arabia's Supreme Commission for Tourism, announcing that the government would begin issuing nonreligious foreign-tourist visas for the country, where alcohol is illegal and nightclubs are scarce...