Word: soberness
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...bitter to brandy, St. Mary's pub initially drew a full house of miniskirted birds and their dates, who demurely sipped pints of beer as they listened to music by a folk-rock group. At 11, when Stacey's bar closed, the youngsters left quietly, happily-and sober. Explaining his odd addition to St. Mary's services, Stacey argued that most of the area's youth clubs have been closed down because of vandalism, and the regularly licensed pubs near the church are "revolting." "All we are trying to do," he says, "is get the kids...
...quiet subversive among the hortatory voices of the Times editorial page, Baker mocks "overstates," the "crisis-glut" and determined problem solvers. "A solved problem creates two new problems," he writes, "and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems than you have to." A sober Washington reporter himself until a sense of futility overcame him, Virginia-born Baker became the Times's first humor columnist six years ago. He uses humor, he says, "to strike a blow for sanity...
...here is one more sober study...
...hard and revealing eye of the camera eventually put an end to such performances, and the image of the TV reporter changed to that of a sober professional who, though his background in Asian affairs might have gone no further than a college survey course, was dedicated to telling the inside story. The tour of network staffers in Viet Nam, unfortunately, was usually limited to six months and consequently the coverage was often little more than each new man's personal impressions of how it is over there...
...Ambassador to Japan, who now teaches Japanese history and politics at Harvard, has written a different Viet Nam book. True to its title, it ranges far beyond that country. Despite Reischauer's severe strictures against U.S. policy, it is a responsible and a hopeful book; despite its sober style, it glows with devotion both to the U.S. and to Asia...