"The Fed's doing what they can, a person with a hangover can't drink themselves sober, " he said.

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Sober speeches like these don't make for vibrant viewing.

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When I got sober, I was alone and didn't know what to do.

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It's sober stuff, and yet it doesn't feel that way: The Gaslight Anthem plays with the ripping punk-rock intensity associated with Warped Tour bands.

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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.

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