Word: soberly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Later in the week, Editor Lawrence said the same thing in his sober, respected column in the New York Herald Tribune and 200 other newspapers. In a notable omission of a pertinent fact, Lawrence cited U.S. News as an authority, but neglected to mention that he publishes it. As another authority he quoted one Commander Robert Bright McLaughlin, U.S.N., author of an article in the March issue of True, to the solemn effect that flying saucers are real...
...sober, civic-conscious Kansas City Star, the city's school system was in "a terrible mess." Moreover, it was attracting unfavorable attention outside Kansas City. Something, cried the Star, had to be done...
Some footnotes are indestructible-at least, one of ours seems to be. It was dropped from a sober Science story about the bristle-thighed curlew in TIME's June 28, 1948 issue, and it read...
...years, tosspots have been excusing their drinking by arguing that alcohol i) gives them "a lift," 2) helps them to do more work, 3) aids digestion, or 4) gives them heart to make a public speech which they would be too scared to make while cold sober. All four are just poor excuses, says the current Journal of the American Medical Association; by & large, alcohol is not a stimulant but a depressant...
Weeping King. With Mrs. Thrale married and Dr. Johnson dead, Fanny was at a loss, but in 1786 a place was found for her among Queen Charlotte's ladies in waiting at the court of George III. Her journal gives a picture of the daily life of the sober, dull King and ugly Queen, with their love of housekeeping and bargains. Charlotte rejoiced in a book bought well below cost at a second-hand stall; George loved to beat down the asking price of a load of hay for the royal stables...