Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard men "were getting loud" because of alcohol, one witness said...
Before casting his decisive veto in public, Nunn declared that Tower's "record of alcohol abuse cannot be ignored" and that he could find no evidence that the nominee had sought help to correct it. Nunn also judged some of the Texan's conduct with women to have been "indiscreet." Once again, a man's public career had been indelibly tainted by reckless personal behavior...
...Nunn (D-Ga), Armed Services Committee chair, opened the debate, saying Tower's "record of alcohol abuse cannot be ignored...
...hearby swear and undertake that if confirmed, during the course of my tenure as Secretary of Defense, I will not consume beverage alcohol of any type or form, including wine, beer or spirits of any kind," he said...
...interview, Tower read a portion of a letter from Lichliter that said tests that were conducted prior to his surgery to remove a colon polyp foundnormal liver functions, and that there was noevidence of alcohol withdrawal following theoperation...