Word: soberly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crusade against drunk driving has gained an ingenious new weapon: the breath-test ignition lock. The auto's ignition is linked to a breath-alcohol measuring device, and it becomes impossible to start a car unless the driver is sober. Already used in some states, including Ohio, Maryland and Michigan, and pending in a dozen or so others, the locks will undergo their first systematic trial in California by summer...
...sight of his red and blue lights directly in front of a neon "BEER" sign didn't improve my amateur handling of the clutch. I was stone sober but starting to feel woozy as I desperately wobbled our growling vehicle toward the exit ramp. Dave, Kevin, and Nate--still under the effects of Montreal's 18-year-old bar scene--were too drunk to notice the hovering patrol car, until his red and blues started flashing...
Frantic sounds of beverage concealment rose from the backseat. Kevin, speaking from his extensive high school experience with the Montana State Police, announced, "It's okay, you're sober. Just roll down the window He can't touch...
Armani has it right. Clothing has been sober and serious in recent years. The dominant figure of the late 1970s was not a Frenchman but the brilliant tailor Armani. In the early '80s the Japanese brought artistry to clothing, but very few chuckles. Lagerfeld cheered things up a bit, but Lacroix has thrown all caution -- some would add taste -- to the winds and opted for outright hilarity...
...then I had had a ball. I partied hard and did the Hollywood scene. I got into a lot of cocaine and mushrooms -- wild mushrooms were heavy in those days. I'd try everything. Before I met my wife, I was sexually wild too. But I always kept a sober side. No matter how hard the night was, I would always write in the day. I felt Hemingway was right: the true test of a man is to be able to work with a hangover. But I think the drugs were hurting my writing. I was going stale...