Word: soberness
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...stone-washing. In other cases, the resemblance is strong enough but not striking; are we looking at the middle-aged man's younger self, or his son? In a minority of cases, there is hardly any resemblance to speak of. Throughout, tough, meaty fellows seems to have aged into sober, tender dads. Awkward introverts are now captains of industry...
...agreement) passed it on to the Reporter. I did not see the interview before it went into print. If I had, quotations from it which have appeared in TIME could never have been imputed to me, since they contain opinions which I have never held, and statements which no sober man would make and, it seems to me, no sane man believe. That statement that I or anyone else in his right mind would choose any one state against the whole remaining Union of States, down to the ultimate price of shooting other human beings in the streets...
Many questionable weekend routines--from 1 a.m.trips to the Hong Kong to repeated cigarettebreaks--will remain hidden from visiting parents,although most stop short of saying they willactually put on a show of utter responsibility.The majority of juniors will stay sober--andrelatively honest this weekend...
Conversation is very lively at Mr. Dooley's. Despite the difficulty of talking over the music--especially when standing near the bar--one can expect to be approached by sober or drunk strangers attempting to start up a conversation...
...voice--the crank with the thickest sheaf of mimeographed papers under his arm. The Founders had a horror of direct democracy for this very reason, and the system they devised was meant specifically to calm the passions, quiet the mob and channel its energies, and create a space for sober decision making by people the voters had chosen to make decisions for them...