Word: soberness
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...people who are given the same drink but no information about impairment. In other words, at least in a lab setting, those who are led to believe they're about to get truly blotto end up not letting themselves get so blotto. They don't perform as well as sober people, but they perform a lot better than the average drinker...
When I left the pub that second time, I was much more sober. I knew I had to get over my bouts of disenchantment with Portland and accept my roots, because, no matter how wispy, they’re what constitute my past...
Like many temperance activists, going back more than a century, both DiCiccio and Drieslein have had problems controlling their own alcohol use. DiCiccio, a Vietnam vet originally from Midland, Pa., says he quit drinking in 1988 and then switched careers, from selling cars to helping others get sober. Drieslein, who grew up in San Diego, started drinking at 12 and went into recovery 18 years later, after indulging in six to 12 beers a night for many years...
...years, Mark Andrew, at St. Paul's Episcopal church in Concord, N.H. in a civil union presided over by a justice of the peace, according to the Concord Monitor. In a recent essay he says he regretted the June bride remark, noting that he should have made a more sober statement about the longing of gays and lesbians to celebrate their own "faithful, monogamous, lifelong-intentioned, holy vows," the kind of sentiment he also expressed in his recent book In the Eye of the Storm: Pulled to the Center...
...crowd of 53,213 into a frenzy. Two for two, Class of 2008.2006 was a year to forget. With the football team hampered by several personal controversies that produced three team suspensions and two dismissals, Yale romped to a 34-13 victory, leaving the somber Harvard footballers and the sober Crimson fans (thanks to a College crackdown on alcohol at the tailgate) aching for memories of years past.No matter. 2007 would be a year of sweet, sweet revenge. It didn’t start off looking that way. Much like Harvard in 2004, this season’s Yale squad...