| 单词 | sobering |
| 例句 | Marriage brought the sobering realities of life into focus. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It was a sobering thought, but it was what I’d been given. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Indeed without their gaiety we wouldn’t have known it was there, a sobering reminder of how suffocating the woods can be. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z But his talk all those years later was a sobering reminder of how high the stakes had been that day whether we knew it or not. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But hearing him say that he hated his life brought on a sobering realization for me: my parents were human. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The loss of my tackle that morning had had a sobering effect on me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The thief looked at the child and what he saw was very sobering to him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “A sobering reminder that none of us are immune to the dangers here, even when we imagine we have the upper hand. Let’s save the details for another time.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The intensity in Fin’s tone was sobering, and Kaede said, “I will.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z For parents—and parenting experts—who are obsessed with child-rearing technique, this may be sobering news. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Toby was sobering up quicker than he thought could happen. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z In February, a senior diplomat in the US embassy in Moscow named George Kennan sent a sobering message about the Soviet Union to his superiors in Washington. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In the future we may well be able to assemble nucleotides in any desired sequence, to produce whatever characteristics we think desirable—a sobering and disquieting prospect. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Information is so powerful that the assumption of information, even if the information does not actually exist, can have a sobering effect. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It was a darkly sobering thought, that there were now people in this world who actively wished him dead. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Dr. King’s funeral message served as a sobering call for justice. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z While I wasn’t surprised, the experience was sobering, reminding me again of how different I was from the other students. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For in that case each would still be a self-contained uni-verse, freed forever from the sobering influence of external danger. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Today my elation over Obama’s election is tempered by a far more sobering awareness. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She knew he was joking with her, but the thought of the future was sobering. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was sobering and yet they seemed bent upon pretending that nothing unusual had happened. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a blessing, bright, vivid, and exhilarating;—not like the ponderous gift of gold: rich and welcome enough in its way, but sobering from its weight. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was sobering and yet they seemed bent upon pretending that nothing unusual had happened. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of sobering up, he started to get delirium tremens. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The walk toward her had been as sobering as usual, each step weakening his resolve to have a good day. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The stark and sobering reality is that, for reasons largely unrelated to actual crime trends, the American penal system has emerged as a system of social control unparalleled in world history. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Already six people had died on Washington’s slopes in 1996, with the year barely half over—quite a sobering statistic—and there was plenty of room on the board for more. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Once I’d conjured up that sobering image, I was able to focus on my situation, and the question at hand: What was she doing here? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The mother waited for her to control herself and gave the father a sobering stare. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In a couple of hours, our mom would be home from work, and we all knew it was critical that I started sobering up by then. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Both films raise sobering issues, and Ejiofor did not even conceive of his debut picture as a children’s film. 27 Ways to Keep Your Kids Culturally Engaged This Winter 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z A few weeks ago, The Financial Times published a sobering essay on an urgent subject: loneliness in the time of Covid. ‘Wintering’ Offers Hopeful Perspective on Embracing Difficult Times 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Sharr White has a gift for writing offbeat comedies that flip into sobering dramas and back again, keeping audiences lurching, uncertain when the next change in course is coming. In Sharr White's 'Stupid Kid,' a family grapples with the past, the audience with disappointment 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z The joyride comes to a sobering conclusion, however, and it’s one that shuts down the heart for good. Almost Infamous: 10 Biopics With Memorable Antiheroes 2013-10-23T09:45:20Z Perhaps the most sobering takeaway from all of this is the realization that bad science will always be with us, but that doesn’t mean that science is bad. Perspective | How to survive a pandemic? Courage, resiliency and resistance to bad ideas. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The authors offer something more sobering, more analytical and, at this point, more revealing. How Trump Is Remaking the Highest Office in His Own Image 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z I think all the things that happened in the past year are really sobering. Q&A: Rapper D Smoke takes patient walk to Grammy recognition 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Sanderson recalled “The Old Man of Metropolis” as one of Superman’s more sobering stories. Superman Turns 80. The Red Trunks Still Fit. 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z It's a sobering reminder of the bleak oppression of musicians in those cold war years and how, in this respect anyway, life has improved. War Requiem; King Priam; Caligula – review 2012-06-02T23:05:59Z We took in the charred remains of the once-vibrant hills — now as bleak and barren as the remains of a barbecue — a sobering reminder of Sant’Antioco’s fragility. Explorer: The Island of Sant?Antioco, off Sardinia, Italy 2010-03-26T07:58:00Z The sobering proposition is to open huge swathes of the woodland to potential logging, energy and mining projects. The bear necessities in Alaska 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, he’s determined to learn as much as possible about classical music, in the process getting a sobering education about the realities of both a professional musician’s life and the scary side of fandom. ‘The Tooth Tattoo’: music and murder on Inspector Diamond’s mind 2013-05-02T21:26:57Z The exchange is refreshing for its candor, sobering for its continued relevance and useful for what it says about Mr. Bowie’s sense of social awareness. How David Bowie Challenged MTV on Race 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z That was the conclusion of a “sobering” study of attitudes toward the press conducted by Knight Foundation and Gallup and released Tuesday. ‘Sobering’ report shows hardening attitudes against media 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Josh Gad had a more sobering view of the situation. Celebs React Online to Kanye West's Visit to Trump Tower 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z They'll get their chance next weekend when three new Wevers dances — two of them playful, one intense and sobering — are premiered at "Cast the First Rock in Twenty Twelve." Seattle's Whim W'Him is troupe of the moment 2012-01-11T22:03:04Z By contrast, the economic and labor statistics are both convincing and sobering. Gen X Women: More Opportunities, Less Satisfaction? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z That many of the societal problems faced by its characters remain almost exactly the same is shaming and sobering. Review: August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ Magnifies Marginalized Souls 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Her consideration of the 2016 election, and American politics in general, is sobering. Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste’ Is an ‘Instant American Classic’ About Our Abiding Sin 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Many nonprofits and government agencies link that excess to a sobering shortage: the one in six Americans who lack a reliable supply of nutritious food. Why entrepreneurs are suddenly finding the beauty in ugly produce 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Its reach is long, its narrative fresh and the arc of its account sobering to say the least. The American Past: A History of Contradictions 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The prospect of global annihilation seems to be strangely sobering even to the most power-drunk monkeys on the planet. Needed: Global moment of Doh! 2012-08-08T00:00:00Z The MoMA installation’s most sobering moment is underfoot, in the words of George Orwell: “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever.” Barbara Kruger: A Way With Words 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z McKibben wrote “The End of Nature” 30 years ago, an early warning about climate change, and his new book is another, sobering call to arms. The 10 books to read in April 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z It’s sobering as we celebrate the unimaginable sacrifices of our countrymen and women in this anniversary year of the Great War. My boyfriend doesn’t like my parents. What does this mean for our future? 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z At the edge of the parking lot, the troupers were gifted with fresh lettuce and red onions — a strong, sobering shotgunner for the ride home. An idyllic farm dinner for Stewardship Partners 2013-07-30T03:06:47Z For the most part, the debut was sobering, with extensive talk about the suicide rate among transgender people. ‘I Am Cait’ Scores Solid Ratings for E! 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Waters carefully plans each season to include the right proportion of sobering chapters to fun, feel-good tales. "Drunk History" may be the most necessary show on TV now 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Irving’s poignant, sobering film does not portray McCollum’s antics as amusing or dangerous but more like the story of an addict who can’t help himself. Trainspotting, an inside job 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z There’s a sobering meta-lesson in the fact that the most artful of this season’s Sept. 11 documentaries became an example of one of the very problems it diagnosed. Is 9/11 a Day, or Is It an Era? 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z It was sobering to feel life fleeting by. My Bill Viola Video Marathon 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Living in Spain is a fairly sobering experience these days. Javier Bardem: Sinister? Me? 2012-10-12T22:00:17Z The other sobering thought triggered by Dear Photograph is that the site is only possible because of the relative permanence of analogue photography. Why digital photographs won't be around forever 2011-08-13T23:05:54Z Entertainment, here, would be a sobering virtue, catharsis rather than a loophole. The Reconciliation Must Be Televised 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Because of his close encounter with Lariam, he provides sobering insights into the controversial use of the drug by hospitals and the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay. David Stuart MacLean’s terrifying memoir of amnesia 2014-02-20T20:03:28Z New Year’s Day isn’t just about hangovers, new calendars and the sobering thought of getting another year older. New year, new laws: what's changing around the world on 1 January 2016 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z "She'd help everyone by sobering up and cleaning up her spirituality." Amy Winehouse: 'She was a sweet, tiny thing with this huge great voice' 2011-07-23T20:31:06Z Carey’s print is sobering, but its importance is also symbolic: The image of the slave ship becomes a through line, an icon of history with which African American artists contend. The Much-Vaunted American Melting Pot, Cracks and All 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z “It’s very sobering and disappointing,” said Harold Koplewicz, a psychiatrist and president of the Child Mind Institute, a nonprofit in Manhattan. “We’re going in the wrong direction”: America is facing a suicide epidemic 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z The memorial to Holocaust victims, with its sobering galleries and artifacts, inspires the sort of quiet contemplation more associated with houses of worship than art museums. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum adopts new rules to attract digital generation That’s a sobering thought; that the stories stay with our kids, long after we are gone. Why children need to know their family history 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z This breakthrough came after years of piling up back issues of sobering magazines, hoarding clips on topics like “The Trouble in Galicia” or “Economic Peril Sets In” to read on the plane. Learning to Love Airport Lit 2012-02-17T20:39:16Z Gevinson’s final letter, for November’s “Evolution” issue, is a sobering read. Rookie Brought the Inclusive Spirit of Zines to the Internet Era 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The island economy is nearly entirely dependent upon tourism, making for a sobering dilemma: the source of Catalina’s livelihood is also threatening its survival. Drought Tests California Tourism 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z "Thanks," he says, although from an outsider's perspective it's not a compliment but a sobering, sad observation. Before John Boyega became "Star Wars" hero Finn, he was far more revolutionary in "Attack the Block" 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z “I was in this absurdly glamorous and indulgent setting, and then I got news of this very sobering project with such a very demanding role,” she said. 2010-01-31T05:37:00Z What we learn intellectually from these twinned stories about the persistence of cultural prejudice is enlightening, sobering and sadly unsurprising. Review: ‘Josephine and I,’ a Tribute Show by Cush Jumbo 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z The final moments of “Lady Bird” are more sobering. Why ‘Real Women Have Curves’ Never Got Its ‘Lady Bird’ Moment 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z This film adaptation weaves Ms. Smith’s electrifying performance with sobering video footage and photographs. What’s on TV Saturday: Oscar-Nominated Movies and ‘Notes From the Field’ 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Hiking through Forest Canyon Pass, nearly 11,500 feet above sea level, is a little like jumping into an ice-cold pond: It’s sobering, invigorating and takes a little getting used to. In Boulder, Colo., Back to Nature at Very High Altitudes 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z But taken as a broad statement, rather than a factual account,“Brexit” is sobering if dramatically flawed. Review: ‘Brexit’ Offers an Unsubtle Preview of Coming Elections 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z But the most sobering way to get a sense of what it was like to live in Berlin during the time of the Wall is at the Berlin Wall Memorial in Prenzlauer Berg. 36 Hours in Berlin 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Aguilera, 30, spent several hours sobering up in a West Hollywood police station before being released. Christina Aguilera arrested for drunkenness 2011-03-02T04:14:24Z However, it’s sobering to have to accept the preponderant influence of emotion over what passes for our powers of reasoning. John Cleese Intends to Have His Unread Books Buried With Him 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z “Roots” was also unique in depicting slavery as a multi-generational story, which makes it both uplifting — a voice-over introduces the original as “the triumph of an American family” — and sobering. Can the new ‘Roots’ help us understand America’s current racial divide? 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z There were sobering statistics that backed up Biden’s calls for a cultural shift. What I learned from the White House's first summit on women 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z “It was slow and sobering,” the Los Angeles collector Eli Broad said. A Richter, Owned by Clapton, Fetches $22 Million at Christie’s 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z I simply make a sobering observation: Every total war in U.S. history has occurred during a Fourth Turning, and no Fourth Turning has yet unfolded without one. Where did Steve Bannon get his worldview? From my book. 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z It delivers the sobering message that being a physician does not confer upon you the ability to exist outside of life. Putting Down the Scalpel, Picking Up the Pen 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Landgraf’s executive presentations have become a Press Tour tradition, anchored by fascinating yet sobering data dumps. The humans versus the machines: Broadcast and cable face the Silicon Valley invasion 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z This sobering tale prompts reflection on the eternal strife between image makers and those who fear the power of images to lead weak minds astray from paths of righteousness. ‘Object of Devotion,’ an Exhibition of Alabaster Sculptures 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z But it’s most interesting when McGee, after sobering up, makes an ill-advised alliance with Tony Blair. ‘Creation Stories’ Review: The Man Behind a Raucous Record Label 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z It never loses focus on its sobering subject. Television Review: ‘Death and the Civil War,’ by Ric Burns, on PBS 2012-09-17T22:07:48Z The sobering reality, though, is that we’re due to be in this frenzy for a while. The impeachment party is in full swing with the media as its unprepared host 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z But it’s still sobering to hear, in her own words, how clearly she saw the disparities and how deeply she felt them. Review: Newman and Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Movie Star 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z This sobering documentary ties that law’s aftermath to current debates on immigration, inclusion and culture. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z These were incredibly sobering: Raj's involved the removal of the tumour, and a necessary safety margin of healthy tissue around it. TV review: One Born Every Minute; Brain Doctors 2013-02-14T07:00:13Z The wittiest number, Mr. Leonhart’s “ Double Cross,” was an absurdly complicated film noir parody; the most sobering, Paul Simon’s wistfully prescient “American Tune.” Music Review: Maureen McGovern at Birdland - Review 2011-11-09T23:26:51Z Biosphere 2 documentary ‘Spaceship Earth’ offers a sobering primer on crushed dreams. Perspective | With theaters shuttered, virtual cinema has saved the day. For now. 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z By film's end, however, after being beaten and jailed by the authorities, Ai Weiwei is less the prankster-provocateur and more of a wary eyewitness to repression, making this detailed portrait of him powerful, sobering stuff. May 19 at SIFF: 'Eden,' 'Ai Weiwei,' 3 Minute Masterpieces 2012-05-18T18:19:04Z It also shows the personal cost of pitting yourself against an authoritarian regime, making "Ai Weiwei" a sobering, cautionary tale. 14 top entertainment picks for the week beginning Aug. 5-11, 2012 2012-08-01T21:20:05Z Now, they are being handed a sobering lesson on its limits. Young doctors brave overwhelming coronavirus crisis 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Her sobering question was left unanswered more than once. A ‘Summer House’ Wedding Five Seasons in the Making 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z It was a sobering moment in the interview when she reflected on President Obama's deceased mother and grandmother, both of whom were white. Toni Morrison on America and race 2012-10-06T03:08:43Z Denise and Alicia's story illustrates the next part of the puzzle that everyone contends with, which is the sobering realization that one's options narrow with age and the passage of time. "Master of None" returns for an unexpected third season with "Moments in Love" 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z It is illuminating of the man, of the times he lived through, and also of a rare kind of moral resolve, both sobering and inspiring. Not Me: A German Childhood by Joachim Fest – review 2012-08-10T21:55:03Z It’s a sobering thought, especially for those like me, secure in my middle-class world. As lockdown restrictions ease, a changed London awaits the return of foreign tourists 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z I was astonished for a second time, but in a much more sobering way. How the bestseller 'The Vegetarian,' translated from Han Kang's original, caused an uproar in South Korea 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The audience is invited to pause the show at any point, should they see the actor sobering, and immediately he is required to have another drink to chants of "Chug, chug, chug!" Fair and foul: Shakespeare in many guises at Edinburgh Festival 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s sobering to think that the autoworkers, too, are caught up in this story. “Janesville” and the Dangers of American Optimism 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z It was a sobering few minutes amid an otherwise exuberant night. Review: Billie Eilish thrills Seattle crowd in Climate Pledge Arena debut 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z The resulting ruin is spectacular — and a sobering reminder that nature’s flux, its evolution, can change speed without notice. Perspective | Sculpture parks are a great way to see art during a pandemic. Here’s why some are better than others. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z It wasn’t until the summer of 2020 that the tragic nature of this obscure door resonated with the sobering reminder on the marquee. Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ghosts of Segregation 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Yet the sobering takeaway of this production is that the cultural walls that separate the black and Hasidic communities here are so insurmountable as to preclude such identification. Review: Reflections That Sear in a Reborn ‘Fires in the Mirror’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Sibelius' final symphony — the remarkable No. 7 — is on the bill this week, plus Bartok's beloved "Concerto for Orchestra" and Britten's sobering "Violin Concerto No. 1." Your best arts and entertainment bets for the week ahead 2011-04-20T22:18:11Z Juan Romero, who had gone to shake Kennedy’s hand when the senator was shot, speaks in a rare, sobering interview towards the end of the series. Bobby Kennedy: Netflix documentary shines a light on his relevance 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Moreover, we each bear the weight of a devastating diagnosis and a sobering prognosis. Michael J. Fox Reviews a Thoughtful Memoir on the Challenges of Living With Disability 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Those seeking a more sobering perspective on the toxic highs of celebrity may want to make the pilgrimage to the Boston area, the cradle of admonitory American puritanism. The Pain of Fame, With Sondheim, Warhol and Capote as Guides 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The results are messy, brilliant, sobering, even bleak — the final scene is a gut punch delivered with a queasy smile — but Jordan Peele isn’t here just to play. ‘Us’ Review: Jordan Peele’s Creepy Latest Turns a Funhouse Mirror on Us 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Don wrote in his journal back when he was sobering up. "Mad Men" finale: Hello darkness, my old friend 2010-10-18T12:38:00Z While all eyes are on the final matches of this year’s World Cup, this sobering documentary follows a less-glamorous soccer tournament. What’s on TV Monday: ‘In a World …’ and ‘The Workers Cup’ 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z "The Influence Machine: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Corporate Capture of American Life" is a valuable and a sobering contribution to the study of power in American society. 'Influence Machine' reveals how U.S. Chamber of Commerce oils the engine of politics 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Despite the story’s silly words and jingly rhymes, its thesis is sobering and clear: Unbridled capitalism will destroy the Earth. Perspective | Is Dr. Seuss’s Lorax real? These professors may have solved a 47-year-old mystery. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z In “The Death of Dreams,” Mirza recounts her dream of moving lightly, with playful asides, while still having sobering moments of introspection. ‘A Dozen Dreams’ Review: Eerie Memories Bring Magic to the Mall 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z A nicely modulated final scene hints at a sobering connection between success and loss of innocence, but settles for facile cynicism that will no doubt be embraced by today’s audiences with depressing enthusiasm. The boomerang generation meets 'Risky Business' in Rogue Machine's 'Luka's Room' 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z It is sobering that for years you can imagine yourself a good dad, get called a good dad, be a good dad – and not be a 50-50 dad, not even close. ‘I had no idea about the hidden labour’: has the pandemic changed fatherhood for ever? 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z “At the Heart of Gold” is a painful, sobering, and ultimately inspiring film. "At the Heart of Gold": USA gymnastics abuse survivors on the long road to healing 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z As Brexit looms, pictures of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, with housewives and teenage boys facing off against British soldiers, are a sobering reminder of a conflict that still lurks beneath the surface. War photographer McCullin's retrospective shows 'appalling things'... 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z But on Sunday, the New-York Historical Society will have young visitors investigate a more sobering topic: how he died. Hamilton and Burr Square Off Again, This Time on a Museum Stage 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The Rider also brings to mind Lucy Walker’s sobering documentary The Crash Reel, where it’s a young snowboarding champ who suffers a near-fatal head trauma. Pull no punches: how sports movies swapped triumph for truth 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The "Friends: Reunion" isn't in the business of looking back through time with brash clarity or sobering perspective. "Friends: The Reunion" is The One We Could've Lived Without 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Rather, their problems point to a truth altogether more sobering. A Debut Story Collection, Filled With Characters Humbled by Love 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The debate started at 9 to much whooping, and despite plenty of beer from the cash bar, a sobering cloud soon hung over the velvet-lined ballroom. Young Crowd Finds Debate Lacking 2012-10-05T22:05:37Z Once viewed as the very definition of rural hardship, the region’s poverty rate — a sobering 31 percent in 1960 — has fallen by nearly half, according to the Appalachian Regional Commission. Can rural America be saved? A new national ‘challenge’ tries to see. 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z It was an eloquent and sobering reminder of the affliction, felt perhaps more acutely in the current moment, but ever present in the human condition: a collective broken heart. French soprano’s serene concert at UDC is the stuff of dreams 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z In that sense, listening to so many era-defining hits effervesce into the nothingness of the California night felt uniquely sobering. Did rock-and-roll die at Desert Trip? Or did it finally achieve eternal life? 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z The morning after the parties, the Nielsen numbers were in, and they were sobering. HBO and Netflix, Reluctant Rivals, Party Down After Winning 23 Emmys Apiece 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Where Boyle's previous film was embraced as a jubilant, rags-to-riches drama, his latest looks set to provide more sobering fare. Danny Boyle's 127 Hours to close London film festival 2010-08-13T14:13:00Z Even so, it was a depressing, sobering episode. A Book That Captures the Singular Life of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Consider the sobering title of Omar Robert Hamilton’s debut novel: “The City Always Wins.” Activists love and lose in the Cairo novel, 'The City Always Wins' 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z They gained access to some authorities who had never before gone on record, such as the recently retired CIA officer Lisa Maddox, who provides a sobering inside take on the subject. 'I just don't see how this ends': a sobering new film on the Afghan war 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z It was sobering to realize that Haley had more claim to being an American than I did. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z It was both impressive and sobering to watch the skill with which Mr. Wicki synchronized the music of this vast score to the movie. Review: In ‘The Lord of the Rings in Concert,’ Musicians in Sync With a Soundtrack 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z But Ms Lall’s book is also a sobering reminder of what a monumental job the new NLD government has to reconstruct the country. All change, or not 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Ms. Vaughn, the adventurous director of the school’s opera programs, also led a sobering revival of Weill and Brecht’s “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” in April. Opera Review: ‘The Mother of Us All,’ at Manhattan School of Music 2013-12-12T23:24:21Z It’s sobering to register the extent and pervasiveness of colonialism so far into the 20th century. Perspective | This enormous glass sphere represents the entire world, as it was in 1935 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z This is by design a consciousness-raising show, meant to bring a sobering immediacy to a topic that has become a regular subject of television crime shows like “Law and Order: SVU.” Theater Review: ‘Roadkill’ Bears Witness to Human Trafficking 2013-06-17T02:00:09Z For a sobering view of what the urban planner Robert Moses wrought, this is the place. The High Bridge, a Scenic and Serene Cousin of the High Line 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z While we might be resigned to encountering objectifying speech or behavior at a bar or a beer-soaked spring-break party, it’s sobering to see it codified in the form of a shared Google document. The Dehumanizing Sexism of the Harvard Men’s Soccer Team’s “Scouting Report” 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Her one-volume history is elegant, readable, sobering; it extends a steadying hand when a breakneck news cycle lurches from one event to another, confounding minds and churning stomachs. As the News Cycle Lurches, Jill Lepore Offers a Long, Steady View of American History 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z From this ugly confluence of good guys and bad guys, “Narcos” arrives at the sobering punch line of Agent Peña sitting in front of what he initially assumes is a disciplinary committee. ‘Narcos’ Season 2 Finale: The Last Stand 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z “I thought, well, ok. I mean, I’m all dressed. I might as well still go. But it was incredibly sobering,” she said. Governors Awards honoree Geena Davis on advocacy and equity 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z And the statistics offered in “Sick from Freedom” are certainly sobering, if necessarily tentative. ‘Sick From Freedom’ by Jim Downs, About Freed Slaves 2012-06-10T21:33:04Z The director smartly uses Ice Cube for the film's most sobering moments. 'Lottery Ticket': Comedy is richer with Bow Wow's performance 2010-08-19T21:02:00Z It’s a sobering lesson for understanding where we are in this country right now. Natasha Trethewey: By the Book 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z It’s one of the many sobering revelations that make “Indecent” so terribly right for right now. Review | How ‘Indecent,’ about art happening against all odds, speaks to our time 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z In a brochure essay Mr. Zuniga writes of the sobering impression his own mother’s death has made on his view of mortality, though he manages to make the self-revelation sound like a smart one-liner. Critic?s Notebook: SoHo, Steadfast Bastion for Alternative Works 2011-04-22T03:29:51Z Sixteen videos show Wiseman demonstrating survival techniques, including one sobering tutorial in which he guts a chicken. App review: Lost in the wild? Don’t eat a polar bear’s liver, and other tips. 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z But there’s something particularly clarifying about the hundred-days framing, especially as it’s presented in this elegant and sobering book, which shows how an unimaginable political transformation can happen astonishingly quickly. A Sobering Look at How Quickly Hitler Transformed Germany 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z “There’s something particularly clarifying about the hundred-days framing, especially as it’s presented in this elegant and sobering book, which shows how an unimaginable political transformation can happen astonishingly quickly,” our critic Jennifer Szalai writes. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z We’ve all heard the sobering statistics: given a choice, straight men of all ages would rather date women in their twenties. Let's hear it for the single ladies over 30 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Instead, it is impressively rendered fiction as a sobering agent. "When do we stop being safe here?": How the U.S. resembles this HBO show's scary alternate history 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z It is with this sobering reality in mind that, perhaps paradoxically, this list of the best political "Saturday Night Live" sketches of 2018 was compiled. 10 best "Saturday Night Live" political sketches of 2018 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Amid the sobering sights of twisted docks and windblown debris, we giggled when we spotted one run-aground yacht captained by a Halloween skeleton sporting a purple wig. Aboard a chartered catamaran in the British Virgin Islands: The more the merrier 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The statistics are sobering: In 2009, Atlantic City’s crime rate was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 388.9 percent. Remaking Coney Island 2012-07-07T12:00:00Z As Katie M. Palmer explained Monday in Wired, this is sobering news for everybody. The Disneyland outbreak is the anti-vax tipping point 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z I’m finding it sobering to see us all at home, and get a little emotional each time I log on. A Dancer’s Quarantine Diary: Coming Full Circle 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Downstairs, my dad watches the sobering news, and my husband catches up on podcasts. A Dancer’s Quarantine Diary: Coming Full Circle 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z But citing Aristotle, Adam Smith and James Madison, among others, he melds history, philosophy and ideology into a sobering vision of a society in an accelerating decline. Review: Noam Chomsky Focuses on Financial Inequality in ‘Requiem for the American Dream’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The book doesn’t sugarcoat the risks of relationships though, and the section about divorce is sobering. Risky relationships: why women are more likely to die of a broken heart 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z My crash course in this world was sobering. Modern Love: Modern Love - Providing Comfort When a Cure Is Out of Reach 2012-12-13T18:08:15Z The sad and sobering consequences of this encounter occupy the play’s second half. Review: A Mythic Force Rages in the Welsh ‘Iphigenia in Splott’ 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z “The only way it’s going to get better is if we face the harsh, stark, sobering, actually terrifying realities ahead of us — and act on them.” John Luther Adams, Praying for the Earth in Music 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Louis’s bubbly Becky gradually becomes hardened as her idle dreams meet with the sobering realities of the business. ‘Pretty Filthy,’ a Behind-the-Scenes Musical about Pornography Stars 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Despite the bracing beauty of the wilderness, and the respite provided by cubs at play, the movie is primarily a sobering treatise on survival. Movie Review: Disney’s ‘Bears,’ Set in Alaska 2014-04-17T23:20:07Z In this gripping — and sobering — new book, an environmental journalist investigates why insect populations around the world have seen startling declines. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z And then having a similar vision applied to the group that that you're identified with can be . . . sobering. When "Atlanta" Met the Northman: Executive producer Stefani Robinson breaks down the season finale 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Philip Jacobson wrote three sobering reports on America 10 years after the end of the Vietnam war for the Observer Magazine of 28 April 1985. From the archive: Vietnam memories 10 years after the war, April 1985 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z This is meant to be one of those shows that’s funny until it isn’t, at which point everything you laughed at earlier is cast in a sobering, retrospective shadow. | 'Diary of a Madman': Send in the Russian Clown and His Pain and Alienation, Too 2011-02-18T00:36:24Z The only bit of real noise occurs when Monsieur Racine’s monster is unveiled in Paris, causing a riot that recalls the sobering tribulations of France after the Nazis retreated. Review: Tomi Ungerer, Bad Boy of Art, in a Reappraisal 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z With its elliptical telling, “Clara Sola” leaves these questions unresolved, gently balancing between magic realism and the more tragic, sobering realities of our world. ‘Clara Sola’ Review: Breaking Free 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Along the way, he found time to write his memoir, a cheerful but sobering account of his life so far, peppered throughout with a broad-strokes history of Deaf persecution and advancement. In ‘Deaf Utopia,’ Nyle DiMarco Dreams of Integrating the Deaf and Hearing Worlds 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z In the wake of the latter’s victory, it has morphed into a sobering look at the many troubling aspects of Trump’s ensuing reign. The 50 best podcasts of 2016 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Yet behind the scenes, authorities grappled with something sobering: well-documented U.F.O. encounters involved multiple trained observers, radar data, photographs, marks on the ground and physical effects on airplanes. ‘Project Blue Book’ Is Based on a True U.F.O. Story. Here It Is. 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z It was a sobering moment among all the expectation and euphoria. Radio review: Richard Bacon 2011-08-22T18:59:01Z All in all, the adapted-minstrel-show format reinforces the themes of Ward’s play, adding a sobering reminder about bigotry in America. Review | Daring idea, but flawed e xecution, in ‘Day of Absence’ 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z He says he learned a sobering lesson about child actors from his experience with the notoriously troubled Culkin clan, making Home Alone. Chris Columbus: My dad said, 'Don't do a job you hate' 2013-04-26T22:00:01Z Each season of “The Good Place” hinges upon a defining “a-ha” moment, but this one is particularly sobering. None of us are getting in The Good Place: NBC's comedy exposes the impossibility of virtue today 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z That is a sobering description of American mainstream movies in the age of global media conglomerates. Best Movies of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z It's a sobering thought, but these crashes are preventable. How To Avoid A Single-Car Crash 2010-09-22T17:30:00Z His book is a bitter pill, a sobering corrective. Books of The Times: Bruce Cumings?s ?Korean War,? Corrective on Conflict 2010-07-21T21:41:00Z As an account of a coupling, it is sobering, opening with deliberate, somber violins over which a dissonant fog settles. Review: At the Philharmonic, Enveloping and Harrowing Sincerity 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z It wasn’t just the math or list of practical considerations; the reality of divorce was itself sobering. ‘We Found Our Groove in Splitting Up’ 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z The emerging polemic is increasingly urgent and sobering, albeit less emotionally involving than it began. Two brothers, one Christian, one Muslim, try to bridge their worlds in 'Bars and Measures' 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z It is a sobering conclusion to a remarkable book. 'The Hunt for KSM': tracking 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 2012-03-28T19:27:04Z There is a mythic component to the sobering and revealing mirror her circumstances now hold up to our culture. The Cruel Paradox of Linda Evangelista’s Fate 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Directed by Andy Abrahams Wilson, the film starts with a look back at the awful days when the disease first surfaced, a familiar story now but still sobering. | 'The Grove': ?The Grove,? for World AIDS Day on PBS ? Review 2011-11-30T22:21:08Z A lot like last year’s A Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Ammonite also draws heavily from an arthouse cinema aesthetic – the pared-back acting style, creative camerawork and sound design, sobering minimalism. Ammonite is not the evolutionary leap for lesbian film it thinks it is 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z This isn’t news, but it is still sobering to see the planet ruined one backhoe at a time. ‘Earth’ Review: Humanity Is Digging Its Own Grave 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z More and more directors are using long takes — scenes unspooling in real time, free of edits — as a sobering reminder of temporality, a virtuosic calling card, a self-issued challenge or all of the above. ‘1917’ Isn’t the First (Supposedly) One-Shot Film. Here’s a Timeline. 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z “The Miller’s Son,” an ostensibly jubilant paean to seizing the day from “A Little Night Music,” was rendered by Elizabeth Stanley with a sobering awareness of life’s transience and the impossibility of so many dreams. Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z But these scenes do have fillips of humor that leaven the sobering sadness. Review: Teenagers Grapple With Their Demons in ‘Wilderness’ 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z By the time “Decline 3” came out, with its sobering look at homeless teenagers known as “gutter punks,” Spheeris says the series had “grown into its name.” National Film Registry honors ‘Breakfast Club,’ ‘Rushmore’ and other teen angst movies 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Their ultimate collision is sobering, as the supernatural possibilities of the island are stripped away. In HBO's creepy thriller "The Third Day," Jude Law makes grief the ultimate jump scare 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z The Phnom Penh hotel’s other, more sobering, claim to fame is as a residence for reporters during the Vietnam war and the Khmer Rouge era. Fatale attraction: a cocktail created for Jackie Kennedy in Phnom Penh 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z By the novel’s end, the verdict the lovers reach on the cruelties they’ve endured and inflicted is sobering: “Everything bad gets shot at in America . . . and everything good too.” A young Irishman falls into the horrors of the American Civil War 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z The idea of enlightened archival work might seem esoteric in the sobering context of indigenous peoples’ history. The Passamaquoddy Reclaim Their Culture Through Digital Repatriation 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, Taïa adroitly conveys the sobering message that, whether in the mid-20th century or in the early 21st, sexual stigma is often irremovable, and can even foreclose the possibility of a return home. Queer Exile: Three Novels About Émigrés, Lovers and Family 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z But a second, more sobering story steadily drops the temperature in the room, once Brazil’s military violently takes power in 1964 and shows a strategic interest in “the beautiful sport.” ‘Pelé’ Review: A National Treasure 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z The graphic video montage of violence against people of color that accompanies Isaac Cates & Ordained’s sobering neo-spiritual “Hold On” brought the hosts of the 2020 online music festival Vox Virtual nearly to tears. 50 Years Ago, They Did Something Rare in Gospel: Tied Music to Protest 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z Several sobering reminders include a police boat that washed up far inland, a memorial and a few museums. Diving Thailand’s Andaman Sea, by day and night 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z In hindsight, it was “a little awkward,” Lewie said, as Mosey’s fan base didn’t relate to his emotionally charged lyrics, which, in the most sobering moments, carry heart-straining reflections on friends he’s lost. Seattle hip-hop is on a hot streak. Can it finally get the national respect it deserves? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Of all the skepticism I’ve encountered when talking about this movement to transform the struggling neighborhood school, the most sobering has come from my wife. Motherlode Blog: Why I Want to Choose the ‘Disadvantaged’ Local School (and Why I Might Not) 2013-05-30T18:30:20Z And then there’s this sobering realization: If it weren’t for patriarchal constraints, perhaps Lambert, Brown, Oberlander and van Ginkel would be household names, each worthy of her own movie. ‘City Dreamers’ Review: The Female Architects Who Laid the Blueprint 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The prototypical English nature series host David Attenborough presents this sobering look at humans’ role in speeding the extinction of species across the globe, and how human activities affect the prevalence of pandemic diseases. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Extinction — The Facts’ and ‘Hysterical’ 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z But exactly as he said, it's a sobering reminder, you know of something that you feel like you're in. When "Atlanta" Met the Northman: Executive producer Stefani Robinson breaks down the season finale 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Fewer counter that sobering truth with a confident, "So what?" The "Party Down" cater waiters are back, but has the now-famous cast outgrown the pink bow ties? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Michelle is not quite the opportunist she first seems; she’s confused and a little desperate, but honest enough to admit, after sobering up, that she doesn’t love Hubbell–but that she might, someday. TV Tonight: Bunheads 2012-06-11T15:21:43Z For all its sobering moments, the soulfully bouncing track — from which the proceeds benefit several Black-led organizations in Seattle — is a celebration of Black joy in the face of systemic racism. Seattle musicians tell the stories of our historic year through song 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Still, as sobering, thrilling and distracting as they may be, our greatest nuclear pop songs are little more than hedges against the void. Perspective | Can a pop song prepare us for the end of the world? 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z By keeping its focus admirably tight, the sober and sobering Israeli documentary “The Law in These Parts” presents a devastating case against the occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. ‘The Law in These Parts’ explores justice in Israel’s occupied territories 2013-01-17T22:18:12Z The scenes of Chakra and the men emptying nets filled with fish are unambiguous and sobering. ‘Buoyancy’ Review: Enduring Horrors on the Sea, and Struggling to Survive 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z She argues that reactions to its sobering realities and moral and political ambiguities were expressed most authentically in landscape and in anecdotal genre painting, as well as in photography. Art Review: ‘The Civil War and American Art’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2013-05-30T19:19:19Z But this week, the panel was left to discuss some sobering topics, as the president of the United States continued to flout democratic norms. WATCH: Adam Schiff and Killer Mike lament America’s declining democracy on “Real Time with Bill Maher” 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z And their view of how states will react to the new challenges that face them is sobering, as is their conviction that "Balkanisation" of the internet is now a racing certainty. The New Digital Age by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen – review 2013-04-29T06:30:05Z For them, both her speech and the reaction to it was “sobering,” he added. Michelle Obama’s season of calling it like she sees it 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Each year, on this grim and sobering Tuesday, I am haunted by all the summery things I did not get a chance to do this past season. 7 New Songs You Should Hear Now 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z One of the items yesterday was a sobering chat with Big Brother's Nikki Grahame about her eating disorder. Ouch! 2010-06-04T05:45:00Z But the letter is the future, and one sobering fact will remain: the day it arrives, news of Hankison's dismissal will not be accompanied by charges in Taylor's death. In the name of the movement: Black Lives Matter Plaza, Breonna Taylor and the long road to justice 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Meryl Streep’s searing critique of Donald Trump’s imitation and treatment of the disabled New York Times journalist Serge Kovaleski was a sobering moment which brought a stunned silence to the usually boisterous Globes. Golden Globes 2017: La La Land wins record seven awards as Moonlight takes best drama 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ira Glass: ‘It’s a sobering thing to realise that you have a terrible boss, and you are that boss.’ Ira Glass: 'I feel like I’m actually sort of scared all the time' 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z It’s the latter skill that she puts to fine use in her witty, sobering, hell-raising memoir, “Swan Dive.” Review | ‘Swan Dive’ gives voice to every suspicion you may harbor about professional ballet 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z The multi-tiered wine fountain sprouting in the center could be seen as a sobering allusion to the purifying blood of Christ — but that only heightens the surrounding rainbow-colored action apparently in need of absolution. 'Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV': Splendid pomp and circumstance at the Getty 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z But there were also more sobering moments, like the time I found myself on a dark street with a woman who quickly crossed to the other side. My Voice Got Deeper. Suddenly, People Listened. 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Burrows decides to sue for medical malpractice and turns his personal video diary into this sobering investigative documentary. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ and ‘Bleed Out’ 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Caftans became so ubiquitous this summer that the fashion industry had to confront a sobering question: “Can You Wear a Caftan to the Office?” the Vogue headline read. Let It Flow! #PantsuitNation is Now Caftan Country 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z One of the sobering things about this documentary looking at the sexual exploitation and internal trafficking of children, though, was its lack of unequivocally happy endings. Radio review: Safe and Sound 2011-03-21T08:00:04Z We moved in together—and then a sobering reality hit. So many men are miserable jerks. I should know — I used to be one too 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z In fact this book draws a sobering portrait of what daily life was like for ordinary Egyptians. Books of The Times: Abrupt Regime Change in Egypt Is Nothing New. Just Ask Thutmose III. 2011-03-28T22:49:02Z What she found was a sobering reality - offers from homeowners asking sky-high rents. Royal wedding bonanza for London homeowners 2011-02-04T12:57:08Z The sobering messages of many of the quilts are balanced by the quilters’ aesthetic gifts. Gone but Never Forgotten in a Quilt 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z But some current references strike meaningful chords, as when added to Homer's famous listing of Trojan War ships, and in a quietly sobering recitation of the major wars waged over the centuries. Theater review: 'An Iliad' proves an ancient tale can still be meaningfully and well-told 2010-04-15T20:08:00Z That production and this album, which moves gracefully from comic to sobering and back again, are therefore a coming-out party of sorts. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: Andrew Parrott, Jeroen Van Veen, Ildar Abdrazakov and More 2014-02-05T19:10:59Z Woodard’s performance reveals an actor at the height of her powers in this sobering character study. The Year Women Over 50 Reclaimed Their Right to Be Seen 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Yet the rise of President Trump offered Bailey a sobering reminder that racism still has this country in a chokehold. After His Brother Commits Murder, a Journalist Revisits Their Childhood 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Now, as the tide of history has gone out with a vengeance, exposing violent ideologies, raging civil wars and renewed despair, comes a sobering reappraisal of where it all went wrong. Burning down their house 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The reality of daily life in Dharavi is sobering, however: Laborers work in unsafe conditions, and a lack of basic services like clean water and sanitation facilities endangers the health of residents. Mumbai, a City Both Uplifting and Heartbreaking 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z For a country that thrives on a reputation for efficiency and engineering prowess, its recent record is sobering. Budget Blowouts and Delays Blight Germany’s Major Arts Projects 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z I took a cab back to Fenway and packed my father into the car and drove three hours north, sobering up as I went. I took my dead father to a Red Sox game 2013-03-09T15:00:00Z This day marked the beginning of our new lives together, and while it was a joyous occasion, it was also very sobering. After years of long-distance dating, we bought a house together. Then COVID hit home 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z A timely point, then, to release Countdown to Zero, a sobering look at how likely a nuclear incident is and what its effect would be. Nuclear threat 2011-06-23T07:43:08Z World events aside, Mr. Gervais will be fronting a particularly sobering set of films, many based on real stories with dark edges. Golden Globe Nods Go to DiCaprio, Iñárritu for ‘Revenant’ 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z “What you do see is at once sobering, startling and obvious: These are the ladies and gentleman of the jury.” Where Blue-Collar Art Is Having Its Moment 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The effect is alternately informative, sobering and weirdly optimistic and ineffably touching. What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The past two years have been sobering reminders that life can be abruptly cut short. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z He was a sober and sobering presence, but like Lollapalooza itself, his popularity just keeps growing. Lollapalooza closes on high note 2011-08-08T02:22:00Z Everyone interviewed in this sobering documentary — Israeli or Palestinian — agrees that something must be done to stop the bloodshed in their land. Review: ‘In the Land of Pomegranates’ Asks if Mideast Peace Is Possible 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The frisky holiday theater season, prancing with musicals and piping with cheer, is sobering up this week with the intense Christian voyage “The Great Divorce.” Visions of Heaven (and how to get there) in C.S. Lewis’s ‘Great Divorce’ 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Mustang A sobering reminder that house arrest is nothing new to some: in this case five, formerly carefree, Turkish sisters, whose conservative uncle decides to cage them indoors until they are ready to marry off. From Panic Room to Cabin Fever: films about isolation, to watch in self-isolation 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z So just what is it, this tart and sweet, bubbly and flat, intoxicating and sobering concoction being dispensed from the stage of the Music Box Theater? Review: ‘Shuffle Along’ Returns to Broadway’s Embrace 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Could a writer have timed a more sobering scene for a nation in turmoil? Perspective | John Lewis’s death was loss for us all. But the powerful Capitol service for him was a blessing. 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z But it was a sobering reminder, welcome or not, of the ocean’s ever-present dangers: sharks, riptides, razor-sharp reefs. In Hawaii, a Swimmer’s Communion With the Wild Ocean 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z One sobering observation in the film is that there are only two grocery stores in the West End Louisville neighborhood where the film is set, but a liquor store is on every corner. "It makes your heart beat faster": Documentary celebrates the artistic side of Louisville's West End 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z But it's also serious, sobering stuff, and the show manages to accommodate all these different moods without trivializing the situation or tearing itself apart. CW's 'Jane the Virgin' mixes wacky and serious, with a natural ease 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The passionate star, also an outspoken activist for social justice and equal rights, joined me on "Salon Talks" for a sobering conversation about the current state of politics and race relations in America. "My art is my activism": "Pose" star Billy Porter unleashes his passion and doesn't hold back 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z But the festival's cheerleaders cannot ignore the sobering underlying realities. 'Insanity' of Sundance 2011-01-20T03:26:49Z And so, a field slave is transformed into a field agent — a transition that proves as exhilarating to Hi as it is sobering, forcing him to confront the limits of his own agency. Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Debut Novel Mingles History and Fantasy 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The results, which vividly deploy colorful swirls and sharply angular geometry in their accounting of 19th-century income and property ownership, are as eye-poppingly intriguing as their information is sobering. New Haven’s Art Scene: Always Excellent, and Now Reopening 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, whose father had died three days before, gave a lovely, trembling, complex speech in which she remarked, “Our show started out as a political satire, but it now feels like a sobering documentary.” The Emmys Become an Actual Good Awards Show 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Louis-Dreyfus said: “I think that Veep has torn down the wall between comedy and politics. Our show started out as a political satire but it now feels more like a sobering documentary.” Fantasy made reality as Game of Thrones earns record Emmy haul 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z So how do you venture out for a locally crafted beer without having to condemn one of your friends to the sobering designation of “driver?” Barhop by ferry for a beer-filled weekend in Bremerton and Port Orchard 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z But all of this comes to pass after the sobering opener in the middle of the desert, as a thug holds a gun on his brother-in-law Hank. Best TV episodes of the decade, a highly subjective list 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z It’s comical, harrowing, audacious and sobering all at the same time. Better Things and Atlanta: FX delivers fresh new comedy voices 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z At the end of a dirt road on the outskirts of town, sepulchral-looking rack houses with dark slot windows and peaked roofs offered a sobering view. Exploring Kentucky Bourbon at Its Source 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z It was sobering to realize that climbing K2 these days meant traveling through a country at war. 2010-01-14T18:35:00Z I felt as if I was floating from one laugh line to another, each separated by 20 minutes of obligatory, sobering, Marvel-speak. Avengers Spoiler Alert: All Sound and No Fury ? Or How Marvel Botched a Nuclear Apocalypse 2012-05-07T10:45:29Z Despite this book's early cluster of sobering titles – "Nominal Aphasia", "Walking Stick", "Macular Degeneration" – Glass Wings is no study of old age, but a series of vignettes from a full life. Glass Wings by Fleur Adcock – review 2013-06-28T17:10:01Z It is with this sobering question that Michael Harris, a Canadian journalist, begins his debut work, “The End of Absence”. Too much of a good thing 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Bordelon’s staging for Roundabout Theater Company balances the play’s humor with its sobering central conceit. ‘… What the End Will Be’ Review: Learning to Let Go 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The professor says at the very least he thinks the vote sends a sobering message to the president and board about where the majority of faculty stand. Evangelical Taylor U community in uproar over Pence speech: "Deeply at odds with following Christ" 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Many Texans skipped a float this summer, fearing the dreaded, sobering scenario of having to stand up in the sizzling sun and drag your heavy tube over rocky dry patches. Take Me to the (Lazy) River 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Today they’re the parents, which is kind of sobering to those of us who watched them when were were teens, but at least their kids actually behave like actual adolescents. Archie goes dark: The CW’s “Riverdale” serves up a classic comic book character with a twist 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z But it’s also sobering to consider Lee’s creative trajectory had he been tempted by the franchise behemoth earlier in his career. Perspective | Comic books have taken over the movies. Must they take our indie auteurs, too? 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z It’s a sobering demonstration of the fact that sexism and racism are two sides of the same coin that usually bails out monstrous men. Review | Elizabeth Wetmore’s ‘Valentine’ is a thrilling debut that deserves your attention 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Moments like this are sobering reminders in an otherwise uplifting story. A German Opera Spotlights the Refugee Crisis, With Refugees 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z The question of how to respond to the accruing and sobering reminders of our own mortality prompts two diverse responses. My parents drink far too much. What can I do? | Mariella Frostrup 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The most sobering item in the show is "Captive," in which a straight vertical line seems to be splitting the title character's head in half. At Davidson Galleries: Robert E. Marx's curious creatures 2012-09-27T00:00:08Z Unicef’s recent report A Familiar Face: Violence in the Lives of Children and Adolescents offers sobering statistics about the state of violence against women and girls around the world. We created the #MeToo movement. Now it's time for #HerToo 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Funny he may be, but it is Mr. Simpson who brings the show to its sobering conclusion. Review: ‘The Terrifying’ Has Paranoia and the Feeling Something’s Wrong 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z So, while this exhibition is fun, it marks the end of an era, and the questions it indirectly raises about the future of toys and the shaping of children’s minds are sobering to contemplate. Review: ‘Swedish Wooden Toys’ Mix Ingenuity and Education 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Photograph: Everett/Rex Features Party Down is a touching, sobering about a Los Angeles catering crew staffed with out-of-work actors, writers and comedians who pour drinks and serve canapes while waiting for their big break. Your next box set: Party Down 2013-01-17T16:00:01Z The results are humorous, sobering or ingenious but rarely uninteresting. What to See in New York City Art Galleries This Week 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z For Barnaby and the others raised along its banks, the sensational and the sobering have always uneasily coexisted. 'I'm indigenizing zombies': behind gory First Nation horror Blood Quantum 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The authors offer something more sobering, more analytical and, at this point, more revealing, situating Trump’s tenure in the history of the executive branch. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “Despite its madcap romps, ‘Lady in Waiting’ can make for sobering reading, and the downside of this privileged life, with its potential for tragedy, looms,” Alida Becker writes in her review. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Dov’s words touch on stirring and sobering motifs: betrayal, dread of death, perplexity in the face of life’s mysteries. Play inspired by rabbi and his fake torahs misses its mark 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z For me, watching a character figure out how to come up with rent from the wages available in today’s economy is ultimately suspenseful in the most sobering kind of way. David Simon, J. Cole, Patricia Lockwood and Others on Social Issues as Manifested in Art 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z We see depravity on the streets and the homelessness and the very sobering effect it’s going to have on David. Dev Patel Was Not a Dickens Fan. (Don’t Tell Armando Iannucci.) 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Choreographed and performed by Seattle's Sheri Brown, Diana García-Snyder and Alan Sutherland, it's a loving parody of a dance form that usually takes a more sobering approach to wayward human hungers and desires. Review: Daffy humor and high artistry kick off Butoh festival 2011-06-04T16:45:05Z It’s likely to make for stark, sobering viewing. Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z What’s particularly sobering about that figure is that while small, it’s actually a record for the department. A superhero for the 21st century: NYC’s first trans firefighter battles male-dominated culture of FDNY 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Guilt, doubt, moral struggles – “Soul Punk” is one sobering dance party. Album review: Patrick Stump, 'Soul Punk' 2011-10-18T04:58:00Z But the fact that an antique pièce d'occasion should quite so completely undo its senior female dancers tells a sobering tale about the Royal's recruitment policy, and about the schooling that was once its pride. Royal Ballet triple bill – review 2012-07-07T23:05:36Z It is filled with sobering stories about error and — in the more beautiful, memorable cases — ingenuity, determination, redemption. Preet Bharara’s Lessons on Crime and Punishment 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The next day came a sobering tour of Old Havana, from its colonial roots to its modern turmoil. In Cuba, as an uncertain future inches closer, it’s still a step back in time 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Giving this a sobering spin, the gallery has provided a copy of an artist’s book by the art world muckraker Hans Haacke called “Der Pralinenmeister” or, in English, “The Chocolate Master.” Art in Review: ?Sammlung Ludwig: Art of the Sixties? and ?The Chocolate Master? 2011-03-17T23:26:25Z Kirby said that the death and suffering we see in the continuing war in Ukraine should serve as sobering reminders of the reality of evil and sin. First Sunday of Lent: Reflect, repent as 'sin and darkness' show themselves in Russia-Ukraine war 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z “It was a sobering dark look at the dark side of human nature, and that pivotal moment was a real loss of innocence.” Tarantino did not tell Polanski about film set against Manson murders 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Despite the book’s sobering title, she sprinkles in delightful esoterica along the way, while providing a guide to some of the most plausible scenarios about the end of the universe. 13 Books to Watch For in August 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “Burnt Church” — the most anomalous and sobering piece in the show — incorporates rifles dug up from the World War I battlefield at Verdun. Artist recycles guns, ammo into provocative models of houses of worship 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z It’s sobering to grapple with the ways we might unwittingly contribute to the mammals’ demise, like by eating commercially caught seafood. 15 books to read this fall 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The 2004 indie cult classic is beautiful, funny, enlightening, inspiring, and downright clever … but it’s also bitter, depressing, nostalgic, sobering, and painful. Ranking: Valentine’s Day Films From Worst to Best 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The play’s genius lies especially in the way it aligns harrowing reflection on injustice with the “Waiting for Godot” template, to sobering effect. Review | Studio’s blazing ‘Pass Over’ reimagines ‘Godot’ for the Black Lives Matter era 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z "ThrOwn," the most ambitious work on the program, will be more elaborately staged and far more sobering. Seattle's Whim W'Him is troupe of the moment 2012-01-11T22:03:04Z Moreover, Tabloid may well be Morris's swansong, a sobering thought for the man whose career has forged a decisive change in the direction of American . Errol Morris: two sides to every scandal 2011-03-10T22:34:01Z Everybody knows that summer TV audiences want “Stranger Things” escapism, not sobering reality. The Jan. 6 Hearings Did a Great Service, by Making Great TV 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z It is, in sum, a grand entertainment as well as a sobering mirror for a city obsessed with money. Music Review: ‘Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny’ at Manhattan School 2013-04-25T21:26:01Z In addition to the portraits, the show includes a sobering timeline of the history of incarceration, labor and education in the United States. Artist works with prisoners, their children 2010-08-23T18:01:00Z Few are as sobering as those when Evan Rachel Wood reminds us of how their abusive relationship – and, by extension, her reputation – were commodified into tabloid fodder. In HBO's enraging "Phoenix Rising," Evan Rachel Wood shows how her abuse was painted as rock romance 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z There is probably no more sobering measure of the changing landscape of on-screen entertainment than the downward trajectory of Scott Turow’s legal thrillers. The TV Watch: ?Scott Turow?s Innocent? on TNT 2011-11-28T18:47:35Z “I think it’s a very sobering experience. Not hiking it would have felt like I was avoiding something.” Heat, Water, Fire: How Climate Change Is Transforming the Pacific Crest Trail 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Then this sobering dark-of-night moment arrives: "It is three in the morning, and I just threw up blood." The discomfort of "Expecting Amy" continues the evolution of Schumer's unvarnished shtick 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The realization that he had neglected the people that mean the most to him — the ones who contribute the most to his mental health — was sobering. Vivek Murthy wants to fix our mental health crisis. But how much can he do? 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Being in Christopher’s company was rarely sobering, but always exhilarating. ‘Mortality,’ by Christopher Hitchens 2012-08-31T22:50:05Z Ten blocks later, a parked white bike, with back baskets overflowing with dried flowers, was a sobering memorial to a cyclist who was killed by a truck there in 2006. On Two Wheels, With Water as a Companion 2011-05-05T19:29:08Z But now we get episode 3, the season’s most sobering installment, and so its most elegant in its handling of the war. Downton Abbey Watch: Missing In Action 2012-01-23T14:00:44Z The intent itself is creative, and the underlying meta-commentary is clever and somewhat sobering. Bro, say can you see? "America: The Motion Picture" shows we're not just dumb, we're drawn that way 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z It is a vindication of Lee, whose constant drum-beat warnings about America’s racist inclinations were critiqued as outmoded under Obama, but now now sound like a sobering case of I Told You So. Why BlacKkKlansman should win the best picture Oscar 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z So when it went down the way that it did, it was a sobering experience. Their Shows Flopped. Here’s What These 7 Actors Did Next. 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The annual ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival is a workout for the emotions, full of both triumphant movies about overcoming adversity and sobering ones about struggle and loss. Amid Challenges, Humanity Arises 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z With catastrophic climate change bearing down on us, nuclear power has been promoted by some as an obvious solution, but this sobering history urges us to look hard at that bargain for what it is. ‘Atoms and Ashes,’ a Frightening Tour of Six Nuclear Accidents 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Once we arrived at the village, it was pouring rain – a sobering and very visual reminder to me that this is not a story with a fairytale ending. First village relocated due to climate change 2012-09-19T19:03:00Z In the end, though, these should be sobering times for the celebrity community, who have been forced by various events in rightwing populism to confront the limits of their previously assumed superpowers. The stars won’t do the presidential inauguration? Hand it to the family Von Trump 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The sobering and gorgeous “Lazarus,” on Thursday, was even more spellbinding as it explored the systemic oppression of Black people that began centuries ago and continues today. Exploring the Dimensions of Black Power at Alvin Ailey 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z That was sobering, but it was even more startling that the story didn’t end with his death. The TV Watch: Shock but No Awe in ‘Homeland’ Season’s End 2013-12-16T23:02:44Z Blunt and sobering, “The Force” is an account of a big-city police department in crisis. Review: ‘The Force’ Follows the Oakland Police From Crisis to Crisis 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z With its portrait of America in extremis after the shock of Pearl Harbor, the novel offers sobering parallels to today, like the demonization of immigrants, the rise of America-first nationalism, the slippery nature of truth. Using Fiction to Summon the Glittering, Golden Age of Hollywood 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z It’s an amusing and at times sobering series of vignettes — a quickly inhaled highlights reel of Trebek’s life. Review | Alex Trebek’s memoir, ‘The Answer Is . . .,’ is everything a ‘Jeopardy!’ fan could want 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z On a sobering morning of the pariah president's State of Union address, we are again reminded of the panacea beauty of the incredible Middle East, and the people who inhabit them. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Lamster’s timing is excellent: He has written the story of Philip Johnson for the age of Donald Trump, and it makes us see a side of Johnson that is, at the very least, sobering. A New Biography of the Architect Philip Johnson, the ‘Man in the Glass House’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z “Master of the Universe” attempts that explanation but offers a sobering antidote to irrational exuberance and a psychological case study in the financier’s mind-set. ‘Master of the Universe,’ a Documentary About Stock Trading 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z “I walked through the Holocaust Museum again today… very sobering,” Duggar wrote. Duggar daughter blames the Holocaust on evolution, then compares it to abortion 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The documentary is less an inspiring tale than a sobering wake-up call. ‘While We Watched’ Review: A Lament and a Battle Cry 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The result is a show that’s exquisitely balanced between keen aesthetic pleasures and sobering scientific perspective. Art, science, eco-concerns meet in ‘Vanishing Ice’ exhibit 2014-01-17T22:53:03Z This book tells the sobering tale of two families, one Sinhala, one Tamil, on opposing sides of Sri Lanka’s civil conflict, and also weaves in detailed descriptions of the island. A backpacker’s guide to Sri Lanka: a one-month itinerary 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z More sobering, though, is learning about the 81 British troops who still were killed that first Christmas of the war, and how such spotty cessations of hostilities weren’t repeated after 1914. London’s Imperial War Museum takes visitors back into the trenches 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z With "Golden Age," Jane Smiley wraps up her sweeping Last Hundred Years trilogy on a sobering note. Jane Smiley's 'Golden Age' brings an epic tale to a solemnly fine end 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z This felt deeply satisfying, and he later followed it up with a smart, sobering analysis of a passage from Jeb’s 1996 book “Profiles in Character.” Trevor Noah’s “Daily Show” Début 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z The Hallmark Channel may offer a sobering case study for Winfrey. Other networks aimed at women waiting for OWN 2010-12-20T14:04:17Z I have sobering moments of truth when interns I trained are now at those top-tier agencies. The Uphill Battles of Black Talent Agents in Hollywood 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z As such, during its monthlong tour — which also included stops in Senegal and Nigeria — it would discover both the exhilarating potential and sobering limitations of such a role. Evidence, ODC and Urban Bush Women Dance for Diplomacy 2010-03-20T03:34:00Z The reality of a rock star's story is often more sobering than the fantasy built around them. “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” is stranger than nonfiction 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z A sobering thought and a reminder that those who record history control so much of what gets remembered. Pittsburgh’s Underground Railroad, Preserved and Not 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z A similar but more sobering reflection plays out in what Mr. Boltanski described as “something between theater and an installation” that ran at a Bologna auditorium for a few nights in late June. Christian Boltanski Project Touches Bologna’s Traumas, and His Own 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z It was sobering to see Meghan’s mother become distressed after Meghan said she felt so overwhelmed by the constant attacks she wanted to take her own life, which is horrendous. ‘Harry & Meghan’: A Second Serving of Reviews for the Netflix Series 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Even so, it is sobering to consider the similarity in theme between the Lady Gaga and the Valentino songs. Lady Gaga's new gay anthem 2011-02-14T06:01:00Z It’s culinary Darwinism: In what Mr. Wheaton calls an “intensely dynamic and competitive industry,” there’s one more sobering New York number. Is New York Too Expensive for Restaurateurs? We Do the Math 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z He was the focus of an award-winning documentary by James Toback, "Tyson," that took a stark, sobering and sometimes cringe-worthy look at his life. Tyson ready for Animal Planet debut in new series 2011-03-04T14:09:09Z "Our show started out as a political satire but it now feels more like a sobering documentary." Surprises, sure things and Trump joke at Emmys 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z It is sobering to consider how close this novel came to remaining unpublished. Where's Lenin? 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z In an interview after the benefit, Mr. Patinkin, who is rehearsing “Compulsion” at the Public, said that performing alongside the Belarussian actors was sobering. ArtsBeat: Support for Belarus Theater Troupe Includes Rally, Benefit, and a Chicago Engagement 2011-01-19T21:22:09Z It's sobering to remember that this is just a brief interlude. Humans may notice a chill in the air 2012-09-29T23:05:01Z Although the ensemble’s underlying finances have improved since the lockout, its chief executive Michelle Miller Burns said, it continues to face the sobering constraints familiar to many orchestras. A Conductor’s Tumultuous, Invaluable Tenure Ends in Minnesota 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z He is well suited to this sobering task as a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal and a current contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine. Books of The Times: Roger Lowenstein Traces ?The End of Wall Street? 2010-03-31T22:53:00Z But there were some sobering issues about true-crime, she acknowledged, that even this satire couldn’t fully address — including the future of the genre, which she said was “already at an extreme.” ‘Based on a True Story’: The Vogue of Killer Content 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z In the “Pathétique,” rather than maximizing the grim drama and intensity of the first movement, he played with sobering directness and fascinating attention to inner details. The Pianist Rafal Blechacz at Zankel Hall 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z But its very existence is a sobering reminder about how far the star of Freaky Friday and Mean Girls has fallen. Lindsay Lohan: From 'Machete' to the 'Most Offensive' Movie Ever 2010-09-04T02:50:00Z Doctors at the meeting shared sobering statistics and personal stories in urging the AMA to sharpen its focus on obesity prevention. AMA wants obesity education 2012-06-21T13:46:00Z Dr Michael Blank, a doctor, described the report as sobering reading. Antibiotic resistance crisis worsening because of collapse in supply 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z At the same time, it’s sobering to remember just how precarious a line divides the relics we treasure from those we treat like garbage. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The most sobering truth in this book is that truth is not persuasive, because beliefs are impervious to facts. A Defense of the Semicolon and Other Adventures in the English Language 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z For poets, playwrights, editors, and actors from the seventeenth century through much of the nineteenth, Shakespeare’s language wasn’t intoxicating so much as intoxicated: it needed a sobering intervention. Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z That’s a deeply sobering marker but one that has no place in “12 Strong,” which starts as a recruitment ad before settling into a tense, unremittingly brutal combat movie. Review: ‘12 Strong’ Believes in the Brotherhood of Battle 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The Anatomy of Violence is a sobering reminder that for all our cultural pretensions, we are also at the mercy of our biological systems. The Anatomy of Violence by Adrian Raine – review 2013-05-25T13:00:07Z It's a sobering look at brutality and corruption, and a fascinating reminder of the courage of journalists like Williams and his director, Alex Nott. Tonight's TV highlights: The Big Silence 2010-10-21T23:04:00Z Ned’s determination is noble, and Lancaster makes this “tragic antihero” empathetic as the film’s tone becomes increasingly somber and sobering. The 10 best movies that take place in one day 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z While getting up the mountain is not easy by horse or car, the reward is beautiful and sobering. In the Dominican Republic, the Most Photogenic Town You’ve Never Heard Of 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z It’s actually kind of sobering when you think about it. Lonnae O’Neal: Movie stars, a ‘turnt’ comic and Harriet Tubman. It works. 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z There is, of course, a wide variety of films at this year’s festival that center on subjects that are happy, or at least less sobering. With Technology, Sundance Films Make It to Screen Faster 2012-01-17T23:09:59Z Lucky for us, Clark loves to talk in detail — excruciating, sobering, hilarious, illuminating detail. Is Brandy Clark the most empathetic storyteller in country music? 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Most rock memoirs run out of gas once the classic songs dry up and the major crises have been overcome, but Townshend's life after sobering up and splitting The Who in 1982 was never dull. Who I Am: A Memoir by Pete Townshend - review 2012-10-09T11:35:01Z The hostage situation at a Texas synagogue last month was a sobering reminder of hatred with a long history. Review: A ‘Merchant of Venice’ That Doubles Down on Pain 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z It struck me as a sobering remark then, just as it does today, but maybe I’m starting to see his point. Things we lost in a hurricane 2012-11-12T20:46:00Z It was a sobering snapshot of an era, exposing the frailties and consequences of battle and the difficulties of re-invention. Did 'American Sniper' miss an important mark? 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Writing in The Times, Stephen Holden said that the “sobering” documentary “exposes a whole arena of potential terror and calamitous destruction surrounded in secrecy.” What’s on TV Saturday: Benedict Cumberbatch Hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’ 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Grand Slam Scene: After Rudy Stein disobeys his manager by swinging away instead of “leaning into” a pitch, we see this sobering moment in the dugout between Buttermaker and the kids. The Top 10 Baseball Films of All Time 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z But most critics found the book readable, persuasive and sobering. William H. Grier, Psychiatrist Who Delved Into ‘Black Rage’ in 1960s, Dies at 89 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z It’s sobering to think that not only does the programme predate Donald Trump’s presidency, it predates Obama’s. What would The Wire be like in Trump's America? 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z It's sobering, then, to recall that during its first half-century of existence, from the 1950s until the ascendance of slanted channels such as Fox News and MSNBC, TV news strove for fairness and objectivity. Ted Baxter pursued fame over journalism – but unlike today’s pundits, he didn't corrupt the news 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The flat, wide ribbons used for the drunken noodles tasted almost caramelized, which balanced the dish’s traditional slap of sobering heat. Zabver is a delicious exception to a chowhound’s rule 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Once sobering figures about daily losses sustained by both newspapers were out of the way, it was industry analysis peppered with lively asides. The Media Show 2010-05-20T07:00:00Z Showtime, for instance, has just concluded a sobering six-episode documentary called “Time of Death” that chronicled the deaths of eight people with terminal illnesses. Staring at the End, in Several Senses 2013-12-13T19:29:33Z While mulling dunderheaded strategies to rebrand PGM, Shiv receives a sobering phone call from her assistant: all of the top divorce lawyers in New York have "conflicted out," refusing to represent her. "Succession": The Roy family wails through a loveless karaoke night 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z At the gala the night before, Marilynne Robinson struck a sobering note when she accepted the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Garrison Keillor is coming to town 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The statistics, though, are sobering: two-thirds of missions to Mars have ended in disaster. TV highlights 30/07/2012 2012-07-29T21:00:01Z But there’s a brilliant, sobering interview with Kathleen’s sister later in the series that is like a slap in the face, bringing you back to the reality that this was very real. Can lessons from Watergate prepare us for Trump? – best podcasts of the week 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Dr. Gawande’s early description of how the body decays with age is nothing if not sobering. ‘Being Mortal,’ by Atul Gawande 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z This sobering, sprawling documentary — the first feature from Jill Li, who took the time to follow her subjects over several years — splits its three hours into before-and-after categories. ‘Lost Course’ Review: When a Village Fights Back 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Taking the broadest cultural and political view, the past two weeks or so have provided a solid, sobering representation of where women stand in America right now. From "Survivor" to D.C., women are showing up strong on TV, but does patriarchal America care? 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z “Instead of getting better, things are getting worse,” he said, “which obviously has a sobering effect on those of us who run performing arts organizations.” Metropolitan Opera Will Livestream Its Biggest Stars 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z She spends the first half of the day sobering up from the night before. Got Sober. Got Married. Got Shafted. 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Reading “The Plague” right after “Disgrace” was sobering. Perspective | Pandemic highlights the staying power of two 20th-century masterpieces 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Developing such diagnostic advances is exactly what the World Health Organization called for this year in a sobering global analysis of antibiotic resistance. Science scores major victory in fight against antibiotic resistance 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z The most sobering moment in the film for me revolves around lifestyle. "Uncut Gems" and the drive to look like a somebody, no matter what the cost 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z I’m an anaesthetist at a hospital in Yorkshire, so it was pretty sobering to see an x-ray of my own spine with a collapsed L2 vertebra. Experience: I broke my back twice 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s not a glorified portrait of motherhood but a gritty and sobering one. Forget the Boy: Watching Patricia Arquette Age in Boyhood Is Astounding 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Partying tourists in Amsterdam are being sent a sobering new message: antisocial behaviour will be met with on-the-spot fines. Amsterdam gets tough on antisocial behaviour from tourists 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z It was a sobering moment and a reflective one for Colbert, who clearly felt indebted to Moonves — a man he described as always sticking by "The Late Show." Stephen Colbert on accused CBS boss Les Moonves: Accountability must be for everybody 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z It’s sobering to be reminded that as late as 1973, a male culture writer for The Village Voice was arrested for holding another man’s hand as they crossed a street in Greenwich Village. Harvey Fierstein Sings the Song of Himself in ‘I Was Better Last Night’ 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Ebullient songs such as “Give Yourself a Try” and “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME,” both from 2018’s “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships,” reveal the band’s knack for wrapping sobering honesty in exuberance. Review | The 1975’s show at the Anthem was an emotional roller coaster. That’s a good thing. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z These were sad, sobering, enlightening responses – big stories told in 140 words to a stranger on a Saturday night. What is your biggest regret? Here are people's devastatingly honest answers 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z “Our show started out as a political satire, but it now feels like a sobering documentary.” ‘Designated Survivor’ Series Premiere: Glasses Off 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z And while the conditions the chimp had to endure were sobering, at least that will come to an end now that he's been found, thanks to all the attention his story received. The bizarre story of Alan Cumming's chimp pal, a missing primate mystery involving a faked death 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z In the wake of the Texas blackout, it’s sobering to note how many of these artworks, even the ones that don’t move, required electricity. Review | In the galleries: A focus on the intersection of art and movement 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z As the clock ticks to Tuesday’s deadline for American forces to leave Afghanistan, the arts and culture sector faces a sobering new reality. Perspective | Artists and cultural workers face life under Taliban 2.0 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z But the sobering reality of a prolonged pandemic is starting to sink in for other proprietors in the experience economy. Entrepreneurs Bet Big on Immersive Art Despite Covid-19 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Despite moments of optimism, a sobering conclusion underlines how markedly the odds are stacked against the trio – and young people in general. TV highlights 16/01/2013 2013-01-15T20:00:01Z And she has the sobering realization that pot is a privilege American teenagers can enjoy, but not undocumented kids: “If I got caught, I’d have a criminal record that could be grounds for deportation.” New Y.A. Books by Women of Color Rewrite Old Cultural Scripts 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Sandra is an ordinary person in mundane circumstances, but her story, plainly and deliberately told, is suspenseful, sobering and, in the original, fear-of-God sense of the word, tremendous. ‘Two Days, One Night,’ From Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z A psychiatrist offers a sobering look at the legal system’s relationship to people with mental illness, and how the American prison system exacerbates their suffering. 16 Books to Watch For in July 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z A sobering portrait of a multicultural nation where a lasting peace can't be won in battle. TV highlights 11/03/13 2013-03-11T08:00:07Z One of Hayes’ aims on this tour is to get back to the roots of Irish music, perhaps reflecting a more general atmosphere of “sobering up” that permeates post-Celtic Tiger Ireland. No Paddywhackery at Martin Hayes show, just real Celtic 2013-03-08T18:10:47Z In his sobering book Sabbath, Wayne Muller observes how often people say to him, “I am so busy.” Why it pays to be late (sometimes) 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z These will be sobering issues for the government to consider in January, when, like the people of Britain, its members return to work and routine. The Ultimate Very British Problem 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z “It’s sobering to realize how deep some of the resentment and lack of acceptance still is,” she said, referring to racism. 50 Years Later, Chicago Artists Are Getting Their Due 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The recent speech from the former Facebook vice president provides a sobering read. I’m struggling to find love through online dating | Dear Mariella 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Only the scene where Clytemnestra counsels her daughter to grit her teeth and bear it is persuasive and sobering. At Salzburg Festival, Directing Slow and Fast 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z It's hilarious, but delivers a sobering message about corporate colonialism and rural poverty. First sight: Anusha Rizvi 2010-08-12T22:00:00Z The parts of the show I can’t talk about — the many audience participation sequences — are both its giddiest and most sobering. Review: ‘Privacy,’ a Play That Urges You to Keep Your Smartphone On 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z It’s as declarative and as sobering a statement as any in this book — but Walker refuses to leave it at that. ‘How to Make a Slave’ Offers Restless, Brilliant Thoughts About Race 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z PBS celebrates Native American heritage this month with programming that includes this sobering look at the United States’ forceful separation of children from their families in the 20th century. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Latin History for Morons’ and ‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’ 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z That, too, is a sobering message for these retrograde times. Jake Tapper’s ‘Hellfire Club’ Takes Us Back to McCarthy-Era America 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z The sadder-but-wiser finale of the show, "Wake Me When September Ends," is a sobering contrast to the ecstatic 1960s youth anthem "Let the Sunshine In" closing the Broadway revival of "Hair." A Broadway update, on the eve of the Tonys 2010-06-13T13:39:00Z This notion of hedging expectations is an apt, if sobering, takeaway from this trying parable of climate change. Review | In Jeff VanderMeer’s ‘Dead Astronauts,’ time travelers try to rescue a ruined world 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z As Congress struggles to eke out a bipartisan deal on gun safety, these sobering monuments show no signs of abating. A ‘Sad Kinship’ as Towns Build Memorials to Victims of Mass Shootings 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z The prologue sets the tone for the sobering rumination on mortality to come. Review | Jim Carrey the actor-writer deconstructs Jim Carrey the character in ‘Memoirs and Misinformation’ 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z But for me and, I imagine, others, that inspirational symbolism will be overlaid by the sobering, still-fresh memories of the blood-splattered street where bombs exploded at the finish line of last month’s marathon in Boston. Art Review: ‘The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi,’ at the Met 2013-05-16T19:09:59Z A forthcoming Off-Broadway incarnation, directed by Doyle, may well reveal it to be a sobering mirror for our own age of resentful populism. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z And it's sobering to think that even movies as crowd-pleasing as "Get Shorty" and "Out of Sight" might be a tough sell in today's Hollywood, at least on the studio level. TV is viewed as holding more promise for screenwriters than movies 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Another ploy is the imposing readymade, scarred by life and transferred to the white cube of the art gallery for predictably sobering effect. Art In Review: ADEL ABDESSEMED: ?Who?s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? 2012-03-15T21:44:54Z She characterized warnings issued by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Anthony S. Fauci about the potential spread of the disease as “sobering and scary to hear.” On Fox News, suddenly a very different tune about the coronavirus 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z A more sobering view is offered in “Gypsy,” a fictional portrait of life in a tumbledown Romany village in Eastern Slovakia, which opened this month at the Film Forum in Manhattan. Joining the Caravan: The Gypsy Aesthetic Gains in Popularity on Runways and Streets 2012-07-11T21:27:14Z It was sobering to notice the parallels between the footage of the protests in the Ukraine and in Russia about a decade ago and what's going on in America now. "There's no agreement on facts": Alex Gibney's look at Russian interference shows America's weakness 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z A sobering look at the 10 children and teenagers who were killed by guns on Nov. 23, 2013. 10 Books We Recommend This Week 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z “The studio evolved with the clarity I gained from sobering up over the last few years,” Wood explains. Inside Ronnie Wood’s cottage studio 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z A sobering brush with textbook publishing and an inspiring fiction writing class at the Harvard Extension School clarified Ng’s determination to pursue a writing career. Celeste Ng Is More Than a Novelist 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Their brave struggle -- and Bar-Lev's insightful documentary -- are a sobering reminder that civilian vigilance is never misplaced. 2010-02-04T00:35:00Z A sobering experience: stops include historical lynching sites, the city’s former slave market and the old Greyhound Bus Station where 21 young Freedom Riders were viciously beaten by an angry mob in 1961. The statue of a doctor who experimented on enslaved women still stands in Alabama. But now there’s also a monument to his victims. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Lovers of being in the room with a play are floating in this state of protracted absence, a condition that is indeed sobering. Perspective | ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is postponed at the Kennedy Center. It’s okay to grieve. 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z A sobering alternative view surfaces late when Cat Brooks, with the Anti Police-Terror Group, says “We do not believe that police departments can actually be reformed.” Review: ‘The Force’ Follows the Oakland Police From Crisis to Crisis 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z This is sobering, and it makes the rest of the show seem inappropriately blithe by comparison. Review: ‘Crime Stories: Photography and Foul Play’ Is a Rogues’ Gallery 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Its sobering lesson is that the search for those things is most likely to end in madness, confusion and violence. Review: From Israel, ‘The Kindergarten Teacher,’ a Drama About Poetry and Obsession 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z In some ways “I Am Still Alive” is a sobering rejoinder to that heady event. Art Review: Simple Truths in Matters of Life and Death 2011-03-24T21:40:03Z The sobering “Anote’s Ark” concerns Kiribati, a low-lying Pacific nation that will be swallowed by the sea within the century. These Movies Haunted Me at the Human Rights Watch Festival 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The installation is a sobering, real-world intrusion into an fantasyland where blood is more likely to be shown on a vampire’s fangs. In the galleries: The free-for-all that is Artomatic 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Even those who do, though, might be unsettled; it’s sobering to contemplate how Dad or Grandpa gets along when no one else is around. Theater Review: ‘Henri Shnuffle,’ From the Sprat Theater Company 2013-05-24T20:14:59Z And, yes, a figure of 30 percent waste worldwide is sobering. Exhibition Review: ‘Our Global Kitchen,’ at American Museum of Natural History 2012-11-24T00:51:08Z Such a sobering contrast to the privilege of my thousand-mile journey up the coast. What it’s like to take a 35-hour ride on the Coast Starlight train from L.A. to Seattle 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The book is nonetheless sobering, since it discerns no credible solution to the disputes. Waves of trouble 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Multiplied by 130 million, it becomes a terrifying and sobering panorama of the present. | 'Last Train Home': A Family Caught in the Wheels of China?s Industrial Locomotive 2010-09-02T20:33:00Z If a parade isn’t your style, a more sobering day can be spent exploring “Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: 1933-1945,” an exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. A 36-Hour Guide to Gay Pride Weekend in New York 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Doctors at the meeting shared sobering statistics and personal stories in urging the AMA to sharpen its focus on obesity prevention. AMA wants obesity education 2012-06-21T13:46:00Z A stop at the Kigali Genocide Memorial is a necessary, sobering reminder. In Rwanda, mountain gorilla treks spur country’s renewal effort 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z “It’s definitely a shocking and sobering number,” said Zachary Ward, the lead author on the study and an analyst at the Harvard TH Chan School of Medicine. More than half of American children set to be obese by age 35, study finds 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z They talked about … about … well it’s just sobering and oracular, and you should read it. Obama Understood the Power of Art. And He Wanted You to Get It, Too. 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z More acutely sobering is the role that prescription drugs have played in the deaths of our most beloved pop stars, especially over the past decade. Soft, smooth and steady: How Xanax turned American music into pill-pop 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z The parallels between Wright’s novel and our present circumstances are sobering: In “The End of October,” a deadly, highly contagious virus is sweeping the world. 11 Books to Watch For in May 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Examples include darkly comic images of Ms. Spence mimicking the extreme emotions of a stereotypical bride and a sobering one in which she displays a breast-cancer scar while wearing a racing helmet. 2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Presented by Richard Bilton, it's an excellent documentary that gives a sobering overview of why and how Britain is becoming a more unequal society. Tonight's TV highlights: Beauty And The Beast 2011-02-02T00:05:02Z It’s been a particularly sobering start to the week for holidaymakers in Magaluf, as new regulations cracking down on antisocial behaviour come into force at the popular Spanish resort. Magaluf crackdown: Spanish authorities call time on drinking in the street 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z In his sobering song “That Funny Feeling,” which has more than 6.7 million views on YouTube alone, Burnham sums it up in one lyric: “The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door.” Can Works Like ‘Don’t Look Up’ Get Us Out of Our Heads? 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Model: Based on the medieval memento mori, the watch offers a sobering message, “Remember you will die,” across its hands, along with a mirrored dial to remind its wearer that life is fleeting. A Watch With Snob Appeal for Under $1,000? Six Watch Insiders Offer Picks 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z It was August 2021, and she was about to be sentenced for a sobering litany of drug trafficking charges, including conspiracy to transport and distribute, and money laundering. In some Latin American drug cartels, women are the violent new overlords 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “It’s really sobering to see that even when the world seems to have returned to normal, after the pandemic, these levels are still really elevated in terms of anti-Asian American hate.” 1 in 3 US Asians and Pacific Islanders faced racial abuse this year, AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll shows 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The most recent order is the administration’s capstone effort after a year of AI-driven controversy in the capital, which started with a series of sobering Congressional hearings on the topic in May. Key takeaways from Biden’s massive executive order on artificial intelligence 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Collectively, the hearings offer a sobering peek into the lives of the untold number of Americans who worry about the guns in their own homes. Abuse victims say gun surrender laws save lives. Will the Supreme Court agree? 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z “In the last day, about 600 targets were attacked, including warehouses, hiding places and gatherings of Hamas operatives and anti-tank positions,” the IDF said in a sobering assessment. Israel expands ground campaign in Gaza, as fears of widening regional war rise 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The stakes couldn’t be higher in California, where the health of little teeth is sobering. California kids have some of the worst teeth in the nation. Here's why 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z It was a sobering experience and perhaps a glimpse of my future as Parkinson's gradually makes me less capable of doing things I once took for granted. 'My NHS hell waiting for surgery and information' 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z It evolved and took new form in the 1990s by a series of sobering events: ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, the rise of skinhead xenophobia toward immigrants in Britain, Germany and Scandinavia. Israel-Hamas war: ‘No greater security asset than peace’ 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z He issued a sobering statement about the current state of world affairs and economic instability. Another first for JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, selling shares of the bank he’s run for nearly 2 decades 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z A new Department of Agriculture report, released Wednesday, paints a sobering picture of post-pandemic hardship with “statistically significant” increases in food insecurity across multiple categories. Food insecurity shot up last year with inflation and the end of pandemic-era aid, a new report says 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z This study presents sobering future projections of Amundsen Sea ice-shelf melting but does not undermine the importance of mitigation in limiting the impacts of climate change. Increased West Antarctic Ice Sheet melting 'unavoidable' 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Now, researchers in Britain have run the numbers and come to a sobering conclusion: A certain amount of accelerated melting is essentially locked in. Rapid Antarctic Melting Looks Certain, Even if Emissions Goals Are Met 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z You will wish for more immersive, interior glimpses of Osage life, beyond the sobering mass gatherings led by tribal elders terrified by the epidemic of killing in their midst. Review: 'Killers of the Flower Moon' is a powerful historical epic — and a qualified triumph 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z State officials reported another sobering data point: a higher rate of students from families facing “socioeconomic disadvantages,” which includes challenges such as poverty, low family education levels, homelessness or foster care experience. Most California students fall short of grade level standards in math and reading, scores show 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The level of corruption was sobering: a U.S. senator was allegedly selling U.S. foreign policy — and the lives impacted by that policy — for personal gain. Bad apples vs. bad genes: The way we talk about corruption is racist 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z "It is sobering to see this change happening so quickly," says Prof Mike Burrows, who is monitoring impacts on Scottish sea shores with the Scottish Association for Marine Science. Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z While the book contains sobering stories detailing everything from civilization collapses to mass extinctions, "Our Fragile Moment" avoids the pitfalls of pessimism simply by sharing scientific knowledge in a neutral and accessible way. If we can't fix this "frightening" problem, then we have "no hope" of addressing the climate crisis 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z As the climate crisis continues, the U.S. will see heat-related deaths multiply, according to research that scientists say is a sobering reminder of the importance of adapting to rising temperatures and reining in planet-warming pollution. U.S. Heat Deaths Will Soar as the Climate Crisis Worsens 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s a sobering reminder that members of the guild are returning to different states of employment now that the strike is over. 'It was a trauma': Now that the strike has ended, showrunners wonder how they begin moving forward 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z “I haven’t so much found it healing as sobering,” Nelson says. Vampires, addiction, a broken heart and the metaphorical mayhem of 'El Paso, Elsewhere' 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z But optimism and elation surrounding the agreement, which came after 146 days of picketing, has also been tempered with a sobering recognition that Hollywood’s return to work won’t be immediate or easy. The writers' strike deal is a big step, but roadblocks remain for Hollywood's return to work 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Professor Deanna Kemp from the University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute, who was part of the team behind the study, called theresults "sobering." Extensive impact of metal mining contamination on rivers and floodplains 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Failure in the Champions League play-off against PSV Eindhoven was a sobering experience for the Rangers supporters, but not as much as that jaunt into the big boys' playground was last season. Sima goal gives Rangers narrow win over Real Betis 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Four consecutive victories to open the season were followed by a sobering 3-3 stretch that left the Bruins on the fringes of contention in the Pac-12 South. Top five UCLA games versus Utah: Things rarely go according to script 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z And that is just the first sobering statistic from the study. Experts warn of a "biological holocaust" as human-caused extinction "mutilates" the tree of life 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z And so now we have the sobering spectacle of a moribund conference that just overflows with riveting story lines, marquee talent and national relevance. Blazing start makes Pac-12’s collapse even more exasperating 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Apollo, who was born in Hobart, Ind., to Mexican immigrants, wrote the sobering piano ballad after coming out to his family ... and getting a frosty reception. Why Omar Apollo's coming out story matters 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Shapps, who says his Jewish relatives were chased out of Latvia, Poland and Russia several generations ago, described hearing about his Ukrainian guests' experience as "sobering". Shapps becomes UK defence minister with vow to keep up support for Ukraine 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z As well, paleontology has provided a fundamental, sobering, contribution to human thought: the reality of species extinction and thus of a world that has dramatically changed over time. Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z It was no surprise to anyone that I didn't win but sobering that Jonathan only needed seven seconds of his allotted time to finish me off. Jonathan Arnott: Ex-UKIP high-flyer swaps politics for chess 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z That sobering view of a post-pandemic global economy emerged from research organized by the Kansas City Federal Reserve and debated here this past weekend. Post-pandemic, world facing gloomy stew of debt, trade wars and poor productivity 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Brett Stones, who owns the tour company, described the situation as "exciting but sobering all rolled up into one", adding he had never seen it in more than 27 years of running trips. Dolphin spotters shaken by Ceredigion porpoise killing 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z |
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