Word: soberly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dull, you lose a building block," said Furnad. "We have some obligation to the audience to be consistent in the way we cover it." Viewers may have been alternately bored and titillated, but they were not shortchanged. For all the salacious material, CNN's coverage was sober, well balanced and informative. That it was a ratings hit as well (the average audience was 1.9 million homes, nearly five times normal) should come as no surprise -- or be cause for dismay. After years of churning out the news, CNN has earned the right to its blockbusters...
Michelangelo's mission was to reveal the beauty of God's creation; these books reveal the beauty of Michelangelo's creation. Scholars once spoke of the artist's "sober coloring." These sumptuous volumes, depicting the chapel's restoration, reveal just how wrong they were...
...This represents a lot of very exciting work for Harvard and Cambridge," said John Shattuck, committee member and Harvard vice-president for government, community, and public affairs. "Even from a sober point of view and admitting that we didn't accomplish all that we wanted to accomplish, we did a great deal...
Among most of the people whose paths Hill has crossed, she has left behind the impression of quiet but unquestionable achievement and a sober but not solemn disposition. She dates, though not a lot. She enjoys a laugh, though she doesn't tell the jokes. The youngest of 13 children in a devout Baptist family, she grew up near Morris, Okla., a small town (pop. 1,200) where her father raised cattle and farmed cotton, soybeans and peanuts on 240 acres. She remains close to her family, most of whom flew to Washington last week to support...
...being test- marketed in 15 cities. Veteran game-show host Chuck Woolery chats with Hollywood celebrities on another new syndicated show, while Entertainment Tonight's John Tesh does the same on NBC's One on One. Ron Reagan, son of the former President, gets weightier in late-night, conducting sober-minded discussions of topics like gay rights and the future of the Democratic Party...