Word: alcoholic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that he did not think boys these days are learning at home. "Kids go by what we do," said Cheseboro. "They see their parents come home at 5 and take a few drinks, and they have read all those articles telling them that marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol." As a result, he concluded, when they go out to get their kicks, they are tempted...
When British police last month began making curbside inspections with a "Breathalyser" that measures the alcohol imbibed by a motorist, cries of indignation rang out across the country. Last week the early results of the war on drinking drivers were in, and they were something to lift a glass to-at home. Accident rates on the road have fallen almost everywhere since B-day, in some places as much as 50%, and indications are that the official figures to be released early in December will bear out Transport Minister Barbara Castle's claim that the law will save...
...have paid a price. Hundreds of them reported a sharp drop in business, running in some cases to as much as 30% to 40%. Brewers reported an overall decline in sales of only 4% to 6%, indicating that much of the pubs' losses went to home consumption of alcohol. At Minister Castle's local pub, the Blue Flag at Cadmore End, Buckinghamshire, Publican Ron Hall announced: "I haven't stopped her coming in, but you could say that we're not the best of friends any more." Instead of easing off, British police intend to increase...
Pickled in alcohol...
...must take over." His own experience with drugs was dissatisfying: "My own brief encounter with mescaline was very much of a withdrawal experience. . . . I like a sense of connection with other people and other things. I like to drink, of course, because of the sense of conviviality and celebration alcohol induces. . . . I don't believe lying around in a chemically induced trance is going to effect any changes for the better. As Gide said, 'Lucidity is my disease...