Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vodka sippers who like to think they can discern the differences among brands, the ad slogan for Smirnoff might be an attractive come-on: "So superior you can taste it." But the $10 million campaign has not gone down so smoothly with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Last week the agency said the slogan does not conform to rules that prohibit distillers from claiming special qualities for spirits they sell as vodka. The agency defines vodka as "without distinctive character, aroma, taste or color...
Striedter says inconsistencies in College guidelines leave the masters free to interpret alcohol policy, adding that he thinks this freedom is appropriate because the party situation varies from house to house...
Last week, house masters reached a consensus that this year's nominally outlawed senior bars should be held in common areas, and that decision raises questions about the role of the masters in enforcing College alcohol policy...
...apparently drunk while on duty. The company announced last week that tanker crews will now have to be on board at least four hours before leaving port -- a regulation Exxon Shipping President Frank Iarossi admits is designed to provide sobering-up time. But Hazelwood had an unacceptably high blood-alcohol level nine hours after the incident, and so would have been impaired even under the new rules. Moreover, despite Hazelwood's several arrests for drunken driving and treatment in 1985 for alcohol abuse, Exxon failed to supervise the skipper adequately and allowed him to keep piloting...
...require tankers to be equipped with double hulls for added leakage protection, and impose tough personnel rules that would ban convicted drunken drivers from tanker commands. Other reasonable proposals include updating the training standards for tanker pilots and crews, and requiring oil companies to test employees for drug and alcohol abuse...