Word: soberness
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...asked me to say anything. He has never asked to clear a speech. I have given speeches about energy and human rights and about our Administration. But I have tried to avoid the sycophant's role that persuades no one and by implication demeans the office and undermines sober treatment of the issues...
...which Herzog tells his tale. He does not indulge himself in any comments on the action or insist, as most historical dramatists do, on the obvious parallels between his material and modern issues. He does the audience the honor of allowing it to discover the blindnesses and obsessions, the sober lunacies he quietly lays out on the screen. Well acted, most notably by Klaus Kinski in the title role, gloriously photographed by Thomas Mauch, Aguirre is, not to put too fine a point on it, a movie that makes a convincing claim to greatness...
Comedians are supposed to shtik to their lasts: Harpo could never speak and Groucho could never be at a loss for words; Fields could never seem to draw a sober breath or a sunny moral. What, then, is Woody Allen doing starring in, writing and directing a ruefully romantic comedy that is at least as poignant as it is funny and may be the most autobiographical film ever made by a major comic...
...Carter to weigh in with a statement acknowledging the "complexity of the problem." The President made it clear that he "has no desire to seek legislation or to otherwise impose a solution." Nevertheless, Carter's view of "hostage situations" was that the manner of coverage merited "discussion and sober consideration...
...between an administrative squad known as Bok's Jocks, and the Harvard women's basketball team. When the dust had settled, the taller, stronger, board-dominating faculty quintet, led by the 16-point performance of a former Stanford varsity hoop scrub turned Harvard president, sent the not-yet-sober women to their aspirin bottles with a 68-41 headache...