Word: alcoholic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...five-year-old Noel, whom the Hibbards are in the process of adopting, the future is likely to hold greater challenges. A Pueblo Indian, she suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome as well as prenatal exposure to angel dust and probably cocaine. For a long time she was so sensitive to tactile stimulation that it made her hysterical to walk on carpeting, grass or sand. She has been diagnosed as mildly retarded. With a good mother's militant optimism, Mary says the Hibbard house will make the difference. "All kids need structure," she explains. "But special-needs kids need it more...
Easing its assault on underage drinking on college campuses, the Senate agreed late Thursday night to tone down proposed legislation that would have severely restricted alcohol promotion on campus...
...recognized that new language could solve the problem [of alcohol on campus] just as effectively, without raising any of the legal problems," said a Senate aide who spoke on condition of anonymity...
Initially the amendment, a much tougher proposal passed late Tuesday night withonly a handful of senators present, requiredcolleges to prohibit alcohol companies frompromoting products, sponsoring campus events oradvertising in campus newspapers altogether...
...Constitutionally sound," Goodmansaid Thursday. He said the original legislationpossibly violated First Amendment rights to freepress, 14th Amendment rights to equal protectionunder the Constitution and the 21st amendment--therepeal of Prohibition--which gives states theright to regulate alcohol...