Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eight-year-old boy tried to hang himself, and failed only because he could not tie a good enough knot. A nine-year-old girl attempted suicide twice-her mother saved her once by yanking away a bottle of rubbing alcohol she was trying to drink, the next time by grabbing her after she had swung one leg over an eighth-floor balcony. Other young children have tried to die by setting fires in their homes, jumping off rooftops, taking fistfuls of pills and slashing their wrists...
...Cabinet post?" "Hmmmm," they say, letting it rattle through their fatigue-and-alcohol-addled brains...
...recent years, McDaniel devoted most of his time to collecting fossils and seashells near his homes in Coconut Grove, Fla. and Martha's Vineyard. He once attributed his longevity to good genes, good wives, and abstinence from tea, coffee, alcohol and tobacco...
...treat women, while they are still pregnant, who are likely to have preemies or sickly babies, rather than rushing the problem infants to the centers after birth. Participating physicians conduct coordinated screening programs, looking especially for women with histories of problem pregnancies, hyper tension, diabetes, kidney disease and alcohol or drug abuse, all of whom are likely to be high-risk patients. Common communications and transportation facilities help ensure quick response in crises...
...then works until 10 at the home he shares with wife Camilla. In typical Mormon fashion he attributes his vitality to the fact that "all my life, from the time I was a little boy on the farm, I have done hard work." Like other practicing Mormons, he shuns alcohol, tobacco and caffeinated drinks...