Word: soberly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Happily for the emotional pressure within the stadium, the French team was clearly superior; it bounced back from a 1-to-1 tie at halftime to win, 3-1. That night the well-behaved Germans, sober and polite, celebrated their defeat in Paris nightclubs. One German girl, now working in Paris, summed up the feelings of everyone : "I'm glad the French won. It's better that...
Bottled Up. In Greenville, S.C., when the drunks in the city jail never seemed to sober up, police kept a close watch, nabbed Janitor Jesse McKamey peddling whisky through the bars...
...this date, students were prohibited from frequenting the "society of such men as lead an unjust and dissolute life," and from taking tobacco, "unless permitted by the President, with the consent of their parents and guardians, and on good reason first given by a physician, and then in a sober and private manner...
...Today we bow our heads in shame and humiliation as we feel the eyes of the nation and hear: "How could McCarthy happen in 'sober, intelligent Wisconsin...
...Example. In Sioux Falls, S.Dak., charged with disturbing the peace, Robert Rehfeldt was fined $10 when he told the court that he only drank three beers and was "sober as a judge...