Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...five or six, she says, Joan was a warm, loving mother. After that, or about the time Christina began to have an identity and a mind of her own, Joan became a tyrant, and her 22-room Brentwood house a gilded Gulag. Suddenly, spurred on by alcohol, Joan would be seized by fits of madness and would storm through the house, screaming obscenities...
...recall this contest because it was the lone Harvard-Yale encounter I witnessed as an undergraduate. As a freshman the year before, a ground-level seat in the end zone impaired my sight. As a junior the year after, too much alcohol impaired my senses. And last fall? Yale's overpowering performance impaired my desire to look...
There are cases, obviously, where sexual entanglements do occur. It appears, however, that even intraservice marriage can be penalized. At the Army's Fort Devens, Captain Michael Jalinsky, a West Pointer with an impressive record, was abruptly relieved of his command of a company and made the "alcohol and drug officer," a post that will not enhance his military career. The reason for his setback: he married Sergeant Sue-Anne Pierce and thus violated his post commander's dictum against "fraternization" between officers and lower ranks...
Coke and Taylor immediately ran into trouble with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), which must pass on all wine ads and frowns on most comparative advertising (advertis ing of beer and wine, but not liquor, is permitted on TV). BATF did not bar Taylor's promotions, but said that the winery ran them at its own risk. If the ads were found to be misleading, Taylor could face penalties ranging from a letter of admonishment to a suspension of its permit to sell wine interstate. Early this month, Coca-Cola officials decided to risk the consequences...
...work of Palm Springs Surgeon M.R. Mazaheri) was something to call about. Reported TIME Correspondent Joseph Kane, covering Betty Ford's first post-surgery public appearance at a Hollywood dinner: "The woman looks absolutely spectacular." Betty, who in recent years has battled against breast cancer and drug and alcohol addiction, was obviously pleased. Said she: "I'm 60 years old and I wanted a nice new face to go with my beautiful new life...