Word: soberly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that such activity is explicitly prohibited by the Mosaic law. We would remind Gomes that, even according to the Christian division of that law into moral, civil and ceremonial precepts, the moral law of the Torah retains its divine authoritative force for Christian life. A minister in Gomes' owl sober Calvinistic tradition should be especially mindful of this fact...
...students, intoxicated or sober, deserve protection from sexual acts performed on them while they are physically incapacitated or unconscious. But many couples enjoy and frequently engage in sexual relations while mildly intoxicated, a choice threatened by the report's recommendations...
...Gaetano) Talese was born and raised in Ocean City, N.J., a seaside resort founded by teetotaling Methodist ministers who sought a prim and sober alternative to glitzy Atlantic City nearby. Growing up "olive-skinned in a freckle-faced town," young Gay felt himself an alien in Ocean City -- the butt, at parochial school, of ethnic slurs by Irish-American classmates whose brothers served with the American forces liberating Italy during World War II. He even felt somewhat of a foreigner in his own family. His father Joseph, a workaholic tailor and dry cleaner, was strict, austerely religious, often remote...
...these later works that de Kooning, Serra and Johns make painterliness secondary and create room for reflection. The sober confidence in these works attests to their willingness to leave behind the formulas that brought them success and attempt new and varied effects. They continually change and transcend our expectations...
Recent polls give a nominal lead to Paul Tsongas, the former Senator from neighboring Massachusetts, who benefits from his early start and his status as a New Englander. Those advantages may keep this sober, cerebral lawyer at the head of the pack in New Hampshire even though his prospects in later rounds are bleak...