Word: soberly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many questionable weekend routines--from 1 a.m.trips to the Hong Kong to repeated cigarettebreaks--will remain hidden from visiting parents,although most stop short of saying they willactually put on a show of utter responsibility.The majority of juniors will stay sober--andrelatively honest this weekend...
Conversation is very lively at Mr. Dooley's. Despite the difficulty of talking over the music--especially when standing near the bar--one can expect to be approached by sober or drunk strangers attempting to start up a conversation...
...traditional town meeting has its roots in the agora of ancient Athens, a place for sober, if contentious, deliberation. The Clintonized town meeting has a rather less noble lineage. It is the offspring of Phil Donahue, who, true to his format, once wore a dress to enliven the proceedings. The President hasn't gone that far--not quite. But who can forget his town meeting on MTV in 1993? "Boxers or briefs?" asked a budding Walter Lippmann in the studio audience. The President could have turned the question aside. "Madam," he might have said, "that is a private matter between...
...voice--the crank with the thickest sheaf of mimeographed papers under his arm. The Founders had a horror of direct democracy for this very reason, and the system they devised was meant specifically to calm the passions, quiet the mob and channel its energies, and create a space for sober decision making by people the voters had chosen to make decisions for them...
...previous decades, Harvard academics (including Winthrop Professor of History Stephan A. Thernstrom) and prominent district residents toyed with the idea of running against O'Neill for the seat, but, upon sober reflection, most bowed...