Word: alcoholic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...martini with your name on it can be like a bullet with your name on it. In that case, the best defense against downing a shot could turn out to be getting a shot; that, at least, is the thinking behind a new study of monthly injections to battle alcohol abuse. (See the Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs...
Drinking too much is a deadly game any time of year, but it's particularly so during the holidays, when alcohol-fueled parties abound and even moderate social drinkers may indulge too heavily. That's the reason 40% of all road deaths during the Christmas and New Years season involve at least one alcohol-impaired driver, compared to 28% the rest of the year. Those numbers ought literally to be sobering, but for some drinkers - full-blown alcoholics in particular - they...
...didn’t work out for us.” The failed presidential candidate, who called for off-campus social spaces in his campaign platform, encouraged the crowd to take advantage of the capacious Democracy Center space—and the remaining supply of alcohol. “We have the space for a while so let’s rage our faces off,” Schwartz said. After addressing the crowd, Schwartz walked around the room hugging and thanking supporters. “I’m fine,” Biggers said after the loss...
...Saturday from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. and Schwartz wants to rent it out two weekends every month. Both want to use the building to let student groups and others have parties or other social events. Though Jim Smith, the Center’s executive director, said that alcohol is not allowed at the center, the plan seems otherwise plausible. “It’s a reasonable thing to propose that [a candidate] would encourage renting space from us,” he said. UC President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09, said that it would probably...
...Almost as suddenly as it had begun, the forum ended and the crowd again burst into applause. The campaign managers then walked through a steady rain to a nearby open bar, where they mingled with students and journalists. The conversation continued. However, once the alcohol started to flow freely, the ground rules changed. The events that followed - the comments made - were all officially off the record...