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...just cut back a bit? One place to spend some of the time you don't plan to be spending in bars may be the Internet. A new study adds to a growing body of literature suggesting that free online drinker-checkup programs can have powerful effects on reducing alcohol-related problems...
...without the aid of the teaspoon itself, but the reason for the error tells us something about how our perceptions work - or fail to work. It's well established that smaller plates can help people pile on less food and taller glasses may make even skilled bartenders pour more alcohol. Similarly, 5 ml on a teaspoon pretty much covers the entire surface area of the spoon and thus looks like a lot to us. But the same 5 ml on a large spoon somehow appears to be less, and as a result we add more. (See how to prevent illness...
...probation, which stemmed from an October hit-and-run accident in Cambridge that injured two people. Just three days after he was sentenced to home confinement in December, Galluccio broke his probation by failing a series of breathalyzer tests. Galluccio, who maintains that he did not consume alcohol after receiving the sentence, attributed the test results to his toothpaste and stated Tuesday in his letter of resignation that he intends to appeal the sentence...
Devil of a State is now out of print, as hard to find as a bottle of whisky is in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei's capital. Barring the small amounts that non-Muslim visitors are allowed to bring in for their own use, alcohol is banned in today's Islamic Brunei. The present restrictions would have greatly dismayed Francis Burroughs Lydgate, the controller of passports, whom Burgess's book revolves around. Graying, thin, his teeth full of rot, 50-year-old Frank has married three times and hasn't been back to England in 24 years, working jobs from...
Today, Russians' annual consumption of alcohol is higher than that of any other nationality in the world. Russian men have a life expectancy of just 60 years - largely attributed to alcoholism. Rosspirtprom, a government-owned company, oversees more than 100 vodka distilleries and controls an estimated 40% of Russian market. While President Medvedev's move, praised by the state-sanctioned vodka producers, almost certainly will fail to solve Russia's drinking problem, it's likely to generate significant income for Moscow...