Word: sobering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sober warning by Central Intelligence Agency Director Allen Dulles that Latin American Communists gathered in Moscow last February, got orders to use the slogans of nationalism to "break the ties of friendship" with...
...important responsibility was a federal rather than a provincial right. (For himself, Sir John A. was no bluenose. Scathingly denounced by Liberal George Brown's Toronto Globe for his drinking, he retorted at an election rally: "I know you would rather have John A. drunk than George Brown sober...
...victory. Two nights later against Pittsburgh, Big Luke was the key of Ohio State's tight man-to-man defense. On offense, he roved the pivot, scoring 24 points (with a fantastic shooting average of 73% from the floor), directing teammates in his deep, sober voice ("Come on in, John, come in"). Final score: Ohio State 94, Pitt...
...intimately involved in shaping the future, Anderson has an old-fashioned aura about him. He wears sober blue suits and a vest. He shuns Washington social life, preferring to spend his time with his family (Wife Ollie Mae, two sons, 23 and 19). He still treasures and quotes the faded poets, including Poe, Kipling and Edwin (The Man with the Hoe) Markham, whom he loved in his boyhood. In an age when public men tend to hedge their affirmations, he speaks out forthrightly for such notions as "the integrity of the dollar" and the value of individuality. A devout, Bible...
...prosperous Eisenhower years, the Administration had achieved a budget surplus only twice, in fiscal 1956 and 1957 (see chart), despite all the balanced-budget promises of the 1952 campaign. With the 1959 budget a gaudy $12.5 billion in the red, and the economy still convalescing from the recession, sober heads in the Administration argued for aiming toward a practical goal, e.g., holding the 1960 deficit down to a few billion...