Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week when the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Psychologists opened an investigation of four practitioners -- a procedure that could end in revoking their right to practice -- because of interviews they gave the Boston Globe about the emotional problems of Kitty Dukakis, wife of Governor Michael Dukakis. An acknowledged recovering alcoholic and amphetamine addict, she was hospitalized Nov. 5 after drinking rubbing alcohol...
Mackey said that, as of last night the package calls for the sales tax to increasefrom 5 to 7 percent, the capital gains tax to risefrom 5 to 7.5 percent, a "sin" tax on alcohol andtobacco to go up and this year's gasoline tax tosuffer a six-cent increase, followed by a two-centincrease for the next two years...
Some of these broad-based taxes include the state sales tax, the capital gains tax, "sin" taxes on alcohol and cigarettes and taxes on gasoline, according to lawmakers and legislative aides...
Three-martini lunches do not produce any such "public good." In fact, because alcohol impairs judgment and decreases productivity, its consumption is really a "public bad." Surely the government should not subsidize a business practice that makes business less productive and efficient...
Last week, just a day before the anniversary of his lopsided defeat by George Bush, Dukakis' woes turned more personal. His wife, a recovering alcoholic, was rushed semiconscious to a Boston hospital, where her stomach was pumped. Kitty Dukakis had in a desperate and irrational act downed some rubbing alcohol. These days liquor is forbidden in the Dukakis home. At first Kitty tried to conceal the real story, but two days later, the family doctor released a guarded statement declaring she was suffering from exhaustion and depression. Kitty, the statement explained, had lately been taking antidepressants, a perilous mix with...