Word: soberly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...another," in the apt metaphor of Television Commentator Bill Moyers. Last week it ended with a whimper. In meetings at Southfield, Mich., and Morristown, N.J., shareholders of Bendix Corp. and Allied Corp. formally approved the merger of their companies. There was scarcely any dissent, but there was some sober reminiscing. Allied Chairman Edward L. Hennessy Jr., 54, said of the torturous maneuvering leading to the $2.3 billion deal: "It was a pretty sorry spectacle that gave American business a black...
...saints revile her, and all sober...
...Cuba and Viet Nam to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Union. Dressed in a smartly tailored blue suit and maroon tie, Andropov looked well-rested and healthier than he had five weeks earlier at the funeral of his predecessor, Leonid Brezhnev. But his sober demeanor suggested that he had reserved an important message for his first major televised speech to the nation...
...Broadway show because he does not want his character to die where the director wants him to. He is, as his agent (wonderfully played by Director Pollack) tells him, "a cult failure." Michael's friends include his playwright-roommate, superbly underacted by Bill Murray, who is so sober about his art that he wants to have a theater that is open only when it rains and a girlfriend, played by Teri Garr, who makes high comedy out of low selfesteem. She is so insecure that when she is asked to describe a part she claims to be wrong...
...students were divided into two groups Halt consulted one drink an hour, or about as much as a normal person can have and remain fairly sober. The rest drank as much as they wanted...