Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From the day man first sipped the liquid collecting around honey or fruit left too long in a warm place, alcohol has played an important role in his life. Early in history, wine became-and still is-an integral part of religious ceremonies. The Bible acknowledged the "wine that maketh glad the heart of man" (Psalms 104: 15), and Pasteur called it "the most healthful and hygienic of beverages." In the hectic modern world, hundreds of millions of people drink liquor, beer or wine for enjoyment, solace and tranquillity. Yet today, as it has throughout history, alcohol is also troubling...
...sense, it is good news: across the U.S., the young are turning away from hard drugs. In another sense, it could not have been worse news: "The switch is on," says Dr. Morris Chafetz, director of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). "Youths are moving from a wide range of other drugs to the most devastating drug-the one most widely misused of all-alcohol...
Propped on tables and chests of drawers were unframed paintings by Braque, Chagall and Rouault, and photographs of Malraux's own beloved cats. Once a chain-smoker, he has given up cigarettes and alcohol and looks younger than he has in years. "Did you know," he asked, "that the Mona Lisa hung in the bathrooms of Francois I, Louis XIV and Napoleon?* Francois I, well, that was normal because he bought it from Leonardo. It was not so logical in the case of Louis XIV, because in his reign the great painter was Raphael. And in Napoleon...
...what would happen to France and French morals under a Chinese occupation. Directed by Jean Yanne, a French film maker noted for his political and social satire, the film shows the Chinese army taking Paris without so much as a shot. Appalled at French decadence, the Chinese ban automobiles, alcohol and sex, mais alors, c 'est impossible! Mao's minions then decide to let the French indulge themselves in their vices and suffer the consequences, but the captors are eventually corrupted and abruptly ordered home to Peking, whereupon a handful of absurd partisans "liberate" Paris...
...another, deeper swig. I was gasping for air as I handed the bottle back and could only sputter out, "Que fuerte, que fuerte!"--How strong! They wanted me, their amigo, to take more, but I had heard stories of men going blind in World War II from drinking wood alcohol. I politely declined. I stood awkwardly for a moment, trying to think of how I could communicate my thanks to them. Then the one on the right, whose grin set off a symphony of deeply-worn money. So this was their game. No, I said, not me, I'm only...