Word: soberly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...desk. One after another, in businesslike fashion, three soldiers sat down at the desk and signed a document. The three soldiers were U.S. General of the Army George C. Marshall, in blouse and pinks; Chinese Government General Chang Chih-chung, in dress uniform; Communist General Chou Enlai, in a sober blue business suit. The document, which might be a turning point in Chinese politics, was an agreement for fusion and reorganization of the Government and Communist Armies...
...sober, somber Council chamber was filled with the sounds of waiting: the hum-buzz of bored conversation in the gallery, the deep, snoozy breathing of weary spectators who had fallen asleep, nervous coughs, the rustling of papers. Only those with very sharp ears could hear, above these sounds in Westminster's Central Hall, the pacing footsteps of the future...
This brought down on Red Mike the most unanimous editorial barrage he has ever suffered. The sober Times, the Republican Sun, the left-wing PM and even Columnist Fiorello LaGuardia (who was against the sale) burned Mike's ears with catcalls ranging from "unwise" to "blackmail." But New York's brand-new Mayor William D. O'Dwyer, elected last November with A.L.P. support, heeded the threat. He plumped for the referendum. Red Mike called off his strike...
Down the Mountain. Few skiers are aware that the sober, dignified head of the nation's sixth biggest bank is the owner of North Conway's sport facilities as well as its No. 1 caper-cutter. In seven years his capers have changed North Conway from a quiet little summer resort (which went into hibernation every October) into the nation's busiest ski center...
Morgan had tried to present a "sober inventory" of the situation. "The statements now widely quoted [made during a chatty question-and-answer period] were qualified by other remarks that indicated his sympathy and concern for European Jews. . .. Both journalism and Jewry have . . . wildly interpreted and elaborated on [his] remarks...