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...Wooden is a graying, sober-sided eminence who imparts what one player calls the "respect factor." Who, after all, could doubt a man who is a friend of Lawrence Welk, who admires the writings of Zane Grey and St. Francis of Assisi? Wooden is also a deacon in the First Christian Church of Santa Monica. He reads the Bible daily. He neither smokes nor drinks and will not tolerate profanity. On occasion, he will partake of a "Pat Boone Special" (ginger ale with a dash of grape juice). His strongest expletive is "Goodness gracious sakes alive!" And after a tough...
...fiction or the turn of real events, the narrative has taken its readers for a bizarre ride. The popularity of the first book can be explained in part by the fascination with psychedelic drugs which peaked near the time of its publication. The accounts of supernatural events told in sober, unadorned prose were a welcome addition to the body of mystical literature...
When he met with congressional leaders last week, the President indicated that this was his intention. The lawmakers were struck by his humility, a quality that had not impressed them in the past. "He seemed extremely grave and sober," said a Senator. "There was no great jubilation." Nixon explained that he had remained isolated and uncommunicative because of the need for secrecy during the negotiations. "I respect the views of my critics," he said. Then he added emotionally: "I thank God for those who stood, thank God for those who gave their lives, thank God for those who suffered...
...niceties aside, it was clear that the Franco-German honeymoon was over. "We now have a more sober, businesslike relationship," as one Bonn official put it. Even if the French insisted it was only a matter of "nuances," the five hours of talks between the two leaders revealed differences that will not be easy to reconcile...
...Fragonard and Boucher. "He who has not lived be fore the Revolution," said Metternich, "cannot know the sweetness of life," and Renoir's spiritual home was built before 1789. Almost from the start of his career, Renoir's technique and sense of construction were superb: witness the sober, Venetian expansiveness of his great tribute to Corot, Pont-des-Arts, circa 1868. Or the vigorous, limpid Still Life with Bouquet, 1871 , whose tones of gold, amber and black sum up his affinities with Impressionism - light caress ing every surface, revealing each nu ance of substance from the crackly parchment...