Word: soberness
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Accordingly, this meeting was presented as a sober working session, shorn of the pageantry that enveloped the old superpower summits. There was no state dinner, no glittering receptions, only six-plus hours devoted largely to pie charts and spreadsheets. Canadian newspapers were more witty than accurate in % describing it as an "alms race" -- not when the donors are reluctant to cross the starting line. But Topic A was the vexing and indispensable subject of American and other Western aid to Russia, complete with details of how much, when and for what projects. It might well be dubbed the "First...
...BOTTOM LINE: Filmmakers with sitcom sensibilities aim for sober truth and end up in gloomy muddle...
...replace talk of diversity with talk of disadvantage, moving toward a more sober vision of social progress...
...with opportunity, concentrate more on increasing the supply of qualified minority students and professors rather than bidding up the demand, admit present differences in the educational aptitudes of different groups, and, most importantly, move this whole discussion past racism. Changing our vocabulary is the first step toward a more sober and focused vision of social progress...
Aiming to "lay to rest the rumor that Adams is becoming sober," Professor of English Marjorie Garber introduced Phillips, who has appeared at the Helmsley Palace and on a variety of talk shows...