And this, whether it is motivated by obstinacy, denial or a sober calculation of the strategic stakes in Iraq, is a good thing.
But on a sober day, the 39-year-old was surprised when a stranger called her by name as she crossed the street.
Just after 07:00 GMT on Christmas Day, police received a call from a "sober sounding man" outside Exeter police station asking for a lift to Crediton, about nine miles (14km) away.
The real Morse led a sober existence as chairman of Lloyds Bank from 1977 to 1993.
Without that expectation, could potential buyers have come in, taken a sober look at Lehman and purchased it?
"He is now in a sober living environment, " Waters told reporters at his law office in Santa Monica.
He would fight an army when he was drinking, fight laughing, bleeding, but sober he was a gentle man.
The work bespeaks a subtle eye, a sober mind, and an ardent heart.
If we are going to succumb to the wealth effect, though, let's at least measure wealth in a sober fashion.
If Lohan stayed at a sober-living house, the actress could not legally receive treatment while she was at the home.
Unlike many commentators on modern art, Mr Golding writes in a sober, jargon-free manner that is nevertheless alive to ideas.
Finding others living a sober, healthy lifestyle and finding hope and happiness in sobriety were gifts that saved my life.
What I have set out today is a sober, comprehensive and effective plan to cut immigration, and cut it substantially.
It can also help a person notice environmental cues or changes that a sober brain would block out, Dr. Wiley says.
Since 2007, his nonprofit, Phoenix Multisport, has provided free athletic activities and a sober support community to more than 6, 000 participants in Colorado.
Sticking for the most part to a sober, understated game plan, Gilroy and his brother John, who edited the picture, find some fresh rhythms.
She wrote that Lohan would not receive day passes from Morningside's programs, would undergo six hours of group counseling a day and be accompanied daily by a sober living coach.
It is my ultimate hope that this amazing opportunity allows us to reach donors who can help us create a sober active community in cities and towns across the nation.
After rebranding themselves as a party that could see beyond the market to social and environmental concerns, the Tories have had to re-rebrand themselves as sober stewards of a ruined economy.
That flack was, unsurprisingly, over the top in ways that only commenters on the internet can dish out flack: neither helpful nor conducive to a sober discussion of, uhm, zombie torso statuettes.
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Working with physicians, politicians, advocacy groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving and even Hollywood celebrities, the Harvard center engaged in "social marketing" that sold people on the idea of a sober driver.
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The brightly coloured fabrics used for costumes, draperies and furnishings provide splashes of colour on a open, uncluttered stage that relies on a sober indirect overhead lighting to convey the illusion of daylight.
Mr Morris stopped short of calling for the introduction of any new laws, however, saying that any change in legislation was "a matter for parliament and government following a sober review of the current protections".
This is a momentous occasion, and I would hope that despite the sharp partisan tone, which has marked this debate, we can approach it with a sober sense of the historic importance of this matter.
If the Egyptian commandos hadn't arrived on the scene at the last moment, the situation would have been too explosive for a sober-minded assessment of the rapidly deteriorating situation with our neighbor to the south.
It was a sober realization, due in part to the Starz deal going down in flames and to difficulties in negotiations with content owners, that separating the businesses was a necessary step toward an inevitable conclusion.
For a sober real-world example, take the period just after the indecisive UK general election when, as readers will recall, everyone felt uncertain about who would form the next government and what policies they would follow.
But despite breathless headlines about the Netflix-Disney deal and a very favorable reaction from the stock market, perhaps a sober look at just how long it will be before Disney (and Star Wars) films are on Netflix.
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Now comes the sober reality for a handful of companies involved in promoting his planned 50 sell-out concerts at London's O2 Arena, an event that had been billed as one of the most spectacular multimedia extravaganzas of all time.
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