Word: soberly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dance a few steps of the toyi-toyi. But when he begins to speak, the cheers usually turn into a good-natured but puzzled silence. Not for Mandela the soaring metaphors of Martin Luther King or the rhyming aphorisms of Jesse Jackson; he addresses his audiences in the sober, didactic style of an organic-chemistry professor. "I try not to be a rabble rouser," he says. "The people want things explained to them clearly and rationally. They recognize when someone is speaking to them seriously. They want to see how you handle difficult situations, whether or not you stay calm...
...Yeah, but you had to stay sober for that one," one guy answers...
...control. While some of his fellow musicians smoked marijuana or snorted stronger drugs, the future chairman of the Federal Reserve Board kept track of the band's money. "Some people used to complain that the band was smoking these funny hand-rolled cigarettes," recalls Washington lawyer Leonard Garment, another sober-sided member of the touring ensemble. "But Alan was clean as Clark Kent: he handled the books and never ran a deficit...
...should not miss the Black Dog Tavern an Bakery, where they can get a souvenir T-shirt for less than the price of dinner--and it'll last longer too. Don't wear it on the island, though; it's a sure sign you're "from off island." Less sober spring-breakers will be disappointed to find that Vineyard Haven is a dry town, hailing from the days of "tee-totaling"--but most restaurants don't mind if you b.y.o.b...
...head." In light of the comic outrages and tragic absurdities of almost any given week of news, it's hard not to agree. Which is why the best news editors know that when taking stock of events, a little wit is no less important than a proper fund of sober intelligence. That's certainly the working philosophy of Bruce Handy. As the new senior editor of TIME's Chronicles section, Handy masterminds the pages that open each issue with an overview of the week that's part David Brinkley, part David Letterman...