Word: soberness
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...Young” and the apocalyptic depression of “Come Pick Me Up.” His slipshod albums display brilliance in one song and careless laziness in the next. Then there were the substance abuse problems. Adams says he’s been clean and sober since before entering the studio to make June’s “Easy Tiger” and the just-released “Follow the Lights” EP. But, for most of the oughts, drugs and alcohol meant that his shows would be either the best...
...With his sober blue suit and quiet way of talking, Andy (The Rock) Bloch might easily be mistaken for a smooth Washington lobbyist were it not for his tell. On his lapel is a red-white-and-blue ribbon speckled with tiny spades, diamonds, hearts and clubs. Bloch, 38, holds two engineering degrees from MIT and a law degree from Harvard. But he makes his living playing cards, and he was in Washington to improve the odds that Congress would lift its year-old ban on Internet poker...
...Senator Byron L. Dorgan, the commission?s chairman, said the 360-page study was "sober reading," a sign that repression was getting worse in China, despite promises of reform. He called the report a "wake-up call" to Washington decision-makers. The Chinese Embassy in Washington was called for a comment, but officials did not respond...
Most students under 21 liken bar visits to CIA missions: one must be inconspicuous, stealthy, and cavalier. The bouncer is the enemy. With compassion for the newly sober under-agers roaming the campus (hi Dean Pilbeam!), FM decided to take one for the metaphorical “team” and follow the wise adage: “keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” To accomplish this mission, we approached some of the Square’s most notorious bouncers to learn the tricks of the trade. FM first visited the oft-frequented Hong Kong...
...accident theory relies on the jury believing that Henri Paul, the security guard who was driving the Mercedes the night of the crash, was under the influence of drink, drugs or both and lost control of the car. The murder theory depends on the jury agreeing that he was sober and that more sinister forces were responsible. On the one hand, blood tests performed on Paul's body put his blood alcohol level way over France's drink-driving limit. On the other, the same tests carried out on the same day by two different doctors came up with...