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Word: alcoholism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...report by the victim's roommate, he and the victim had been served four pitchers of beer and two shot glasses of hard liquor at the Grille that night. The roommate went on to say that the victim was hiding on the ledge outside his room during an alcohol inspection when he fell, Scali said...

Author: By Eran A. Mukamel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: License Hearing Scheduled For Grille | 11/13/1997 | See Source »

...embattled Crimson Sports Bar and Grille is once again facing charges of providing alcohol to underage drinkers--an accusation that could shut it down permanently...

Author: By Eran A. Mukamel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: License Hearing Scheduled For Grille | 11/13/1997 | See Source »

...participate is reasonable. But calling for a reduction of the drinking age to 18 is irresponsible. There are strong social pressures on those in the 18 to 21 age range to drink; the law is one of few countervailing forces, encouraging young adults to think twice before using alcohol in these formative years...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Keep Drinking Age at 21 | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

Lowering the legal drinking age will only intensify the problem of high school alcohol abuse and increase the number of fatalities due to drunk driving--the legitimate basis of the federal highway law in the first place. For the sake of the health, welfare and safety of Americans of all ages, leave the drinking...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Keep Drinking Age at 21 | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

...what mother and daughter remarkably accomplished was to filter a vast array of information through a personal style. Irma Rombauer's subtitle for the original 1931 Joy was A Compilation of Reliable Recipes with a Casual Culinary Chat. Her text justified this advertisement. Here was the author on serving alcohol to guests: "Most cocktails containing liquor are made today with gin and ingenuity. In brief, take an ample supply of the former and use your imagination." This advice, offered two years before the repeal of Prohibition, was not only helpful but positively racy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOOD: ODE TO JOY | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

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