Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shall probably treat myself to a first-class ticket," which should not dent his fortune, once estimated as $1.5 billion. The usually secretive Getty was surprisingly carefree: "I don't intend to take any pills and I don't drink much-just a glass of wine. Alcohol was never one of my problems...
...dent in one of the Honda's rear fenders, he concluded that a second car had forced Silkwood's auto off the road-thus implying that Silkwood might have been murdered. But the Oklahoma state highway patrol cited an autopsy showing that her blood contained traces of alcohol and methaqualone, which a doctor had prescribed as a sedative. To the police, it seemed evident that she had dozed off at the wheel. The FBI is pursuing the matter further...
Though Freud and a number of American physicians reported some initial successes in treating morphine addicts with cocaine,* a fellow physician named Adolf Albrecht Erlenmeyer warned that cocaine was itself addictive and described it as the "third scourge of mankind"-after morphine and alcohol...
...woods. Though O.B. has no statistics on long-term responses, most campers return to the office with renewed energy and confidence. Many regale co-workers with euphoric descriptions of their adventure, apparently blanking out the blistered heels, bloody knees and aching legs. The strict prohibitions against tobacco, drugs and alcohol ruffle some. Griped one executive: "It would have been terrific, if only I had brought along my beer...
...Alcohol," undoubtedly the highlight of the first part, provided the perfect outlet for Davies's strong attachment to the music hall/vaudeville traditions of his youth. The song was introduced in a quasi-puritanical manner, in which Davies warned the world against the imminent dangers of demon alcohol, while keyboard man John Gosling tinkled the ivories in such a fashion as to mock good-naturedly the somber scenario Davies tried to conjure up. The song's crapulous ambiance was supported by the sluggish, drawn out tempo of the Dixieland horn section and Davies's possibly unintentional slurring of the lyrics...