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...times in his presidency, Nixon threw sober calculation to the winds and pressed for a summit. Tormented by antiwar agitators, he thought he could paralyze them by a dramatic peace move. Meeting the Soviet leaders in the wake of our offensive against the sanctuaries in Cambodia might show Hanoi that it could prove expendable in a larger game. He foresaw benefits for the congressional elections in the fall as well. As the year proceeded, what started as a maneuver reached a point of near obsession...
Life of Brian remains disappointingly sober...
...first week of the Edward Kennedy campaign. As he sat beneath the family pictures, explaining the partial announcement that was heard as a clear declaration, Kennedy evinced no enthusiasm, no great relish of what lies before him. "This is a very sober challenge," he said softly, "one that you have to approach from a very sober point of view." He paused and then added in an even quieter voice...
...long for a good scare. On the other hand, when the film makers try to assuage our restlessness, they swing too far in the other direction. James Brolin, as the father on the verge of being devilishly possessed, does so much eye rolling that in the movie's sober context, he appears ludicrous. The absurdity is heightened by Rod Steiger, in one of his overripe performances as the family priest. who first suspects that something's rotten in Amityville...
...higher prices, while West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt intoned about "great danger" ahead for all concerned, including the oil producers. The best hope that France's President Valery Giscard d'Estaing could offer anyone was that the industrial world could look forward to a prolonged period of "sober growth...