Word: soberness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...others: the state of the recession-ridden economy, and especially the 10.1% unemployment rate. Democrats everywhere are seeking to pin the blame for double-digit unemployment squarely on Reagan. On national TV, the President last week took the issue headon, an action he had been avoiding. In a sober address from the Oval Office that was considerably more effective than his stump speeches on behalf of Republican candidates, Reagan attempted to assure the voters of his concern, argued that his policies are slowly bringing the nation out of an economic mess created mostly by his predecessors, and stressed his Administration...
Reagan did tone down his rhetoric. He did not even use the words Republican and Democrat, and he asserted that "there's plenty of blame to go around" for economic distress. He sought to project an image of sober concern, stating that " the dark cloud of unemployment hangs over the lives of 11 million of our friends, neighbors and family...
...young Tex has not only come to terms with Rowdy's loss, but been introduced to almost all the other perils a youngster must cope with these days: drugs, crime, sex, class distinctions, absent parents. The last of these is not the least of these. Tex and his sober, conventionally ambitious brother Mason are pretty much on their own in their tumbledown ranch house. Their mother is dead and their father is a rodeo performer who often forgets to send money home to the boys. In teen-age fantasies, the kind of autonomy they enjoy is widely held...
Then he asked me to step into his cabin, requesting that everyone else leave. He was quiet, sober, surprisingly friendly. There were no histrionics. He said that the Jerusalem matter was fatal, that he was very sorry but he could not accept our letter to Egypt. I told him I had drafted a new version and submitted it to Dayan and Barak. He had not yet seen it. I suggested he read it, but that there was no way that I could go back on my commitment to Sadat to exchange letters. Any future talks might depend...
...statement issued Thursday, the fraternity council said the road trip was" organized in a responsible and detailed manner. "Sigma Chi, the fraternity involved, also issued a statement saying the driver of the truck was "completely sober...