Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...milk punch (a little sugar, brandy, rum or whiskey, ice, and milk 'til tasty). The thermos bottle set still swears by hot buttered rum (with a dash of bitters and a clove or two). The most effective standbys are vodka and any kind of juice which will disguise the alcohol (temporarily) from a dainty date...
...supposing that alcohol and poverty explain Jett Rink, Hollywood unconsciously proves its point: Jett Rink cannot exist in America--he is not sure of himself, he has strange ways, he is not open. So Hollywood must wash him out. But the film's treatment of Jett is no worse than America's. America would marry Jett Rink, absorb him (and his money)--until he was domesticated and merely nouveau riche...
Eskimos & Bantu. This advance in knowledge of the relationship between diet and heart disease has been based on the highly advertised facts that in most heart-attack victims 1) blood carries an excess of fat compounds called beta-lipoproteins, which contain cholesterol (a fatty alcohol); and 2) the coronary arteries are usually lined with cholesterol. While the body makes some cholesterol of its own, the amount in fatty foods seems to be important. For a while it was thought that there was a significant difference between animal and vegetable fats. The countries where coronary disease is the No. 1 killer...
...omnbibulous. I drink every known alcoholic drink and enjoy them all. I learned early in life how to handle alcohol and never had any trouble with it. The rules are simple as mud. First, never drink if you have any work to do. Never. Secondly, never drink alone. That's the way to become a drunkard. Thirdly, even if you haven't got any work to do, never drink while the sun is shining. Wait until it's dark...
...nation could ask for better citizens than the members of Rhodesia's Apostolic Sabbath Church of God. Forswearing tobacco, alcohol and profanity, they live and care for one another in close community under a religious code in which even physical uncleanliness is punishable by excommunication. In 1947 some 600 men, women and children of the Sabbath Church went to South Africa to weave baskets and make furniture in Korsten, a suburb of Port Elizabeth. Their industry and thrift led to a prosperous industry...