Word: alcoholic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...convivial atmosphere of the convention, he sternly denied himself lunches (he struggles religiously to keep his weight at 185 lbs.-at one time he did daily roadwork to reduce). He turned down all invitations to visit bars, nightclubs or gambling joints (at 54, he has yet to touch either alcohol or tobacco...
...legend of Tallulah, which can no longer be completely separated from fact, pictures her as a combination of great lady and rowdy hoyden moving in an aura of sex and alcohol. She has been perfectly at ease in a San Francisco waterfront dive, in the Royal Enclosure at Ascot, or playing poker with stagehands. She can quote readily, and at impressive length, from the Bible, Shakespeare, and a lavatory wall. Onstage she is gowned by famous designers (she was once called the "world's only volcano dressed by Mainbocher"). Offstage, she prefers slacks and a mink coat. Hollywood didn...
...kind in history, Publicker Industries, Inc. contracted to buy the remaining 1948 crop of Cuban molasses-between 80 million and 100 million gallons. The supply, valued at more than $15 million at current prices, will help Publicker keep its position as the No. 1 producer of industrial alcohol. Said one company official: it will also eliminate "any possibility of an anti-freeze shortage this year...
Robert P. Hyde '51, co-chairman of the PBH drive, chalked up Harvard's comparative low turn-out to blood donation regulations. "Donors can't eat for four hours beforehand, and they can't have alcohol for a day before giving blood," he explained...
...Zilboorg, a native of kiev, Russia, has been for the past 30 years as a leader in psychiatric projects on suicide, the study of mental diseases, and alcohol hygiene. He is the author of several books, including "Mind, Medicine...