Word: soberness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other improbable events, along with scores of more predictable demonstrations in places like Palo Alto, Calif., and Boston, were part of the largest collective outpouring to date of ordinary Americans' worries about the prospect of nuclear conflict. Ground Zero Week, a seven-day marathon of films and sober teach-ins, performances and lectures, was designed to illuminate issues of nuclear strategy and, more pointedly, the ultimate horror of nu clear war. It was conceived and led by Roger Molander, 41, until last year an expert on strategic arms limitation for the National Security Council...
...average 14% in 1980. So why do writers have long faces? And why are publishers worried? The answer can be found in the bestseller they all ignored: The Coming Currency Collapse and What to Do About It. Cheery statistics of last year can no longer hide the sober economic facts of 1982: higher costs, escalating book prices and dwindling profits. "I haven't seen times like this before," confesses William McCarthy, buyer for the 20-shop chain of Kroch's & Brentano's bookstores in the Chicago area. "The book business is being hit by everything at once...
Swirling histrionics arise from the most sober-sounding topics, like the one argued in the fifth round: "Armed neutrality is ineffectual at best." Off-the-cuff military analyses? No, Swarthmore's Grant Oliphant and Chris DeMoulin want to argue pop psychology. Speaking first, Oliphant launches an elaborate attack on stoicism, celibacy, alienation and the jut-jawed manner of one of his tournament hosts. Oliphant's rhetorical ripostes ("Will we sentence ourselves to joyless purgatory?") and practiced voice glow with persuasive charm...
...Africa). This subject, according to the Secretary of State, "occupied an extensive portion of our exchanges." In one important area, U.S. and Soviet interests seemed to coincide: continuing the month-old Geneva talks on intermediate-range theater nuclear weapons. But overall, said Haig, his discussions with Gromyko were "very sober." Gromyko, in turn, blamed the U.S. for blocking START. But when asked by a reporter if the cold war was returning, Gromyko smiled wanly and replied, "Not all is lost...
Finally, for no good reason at all, Fromson tacks on a little adventure involving KGB spies and American counter-intelligence. Again, the episode may be grounded in truth, but the amateurish way in which the author presents it only distracts the reader from the more sober, believable sections of the book...