Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Second Lieut. Bill Wilson didn't think twice when the first butler he had ever seen offered him a drink. The 22-year-old soldier didn't think about how alcohol had destroyed his family. He didn't think about the Yankee temperance movement of his childhood or his loving fiance Lois Burnham or his emerging talent for leadership. He didn't think about anything at all. "I had found the elixir of life," he wrote. Wilson's last drink, 17 years later, when alcohol had destroyed his health and his career, precipitated an epiphany that would change his life...
Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 sends a second letter on the College's alcohol policy to undergraduates, signaling the University's more stringent regulation of student drinking. An initial letter on the subject went out over the summer...
...first-year Scott M. Krueger died from alcohol poisoning at the MIT chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity...
...Bush's most memorable campaign tactics was to sit on a throne made of beer cans and one can of Ginger Ale (in recognition of students who do not drink alcohol). After the election (Bush finished third out of seven candidates), the throne was sold at a Cabot House auction and has since been recycled...
...taking strong administrative stances onissues like public service and alcohol policy inthat first year, Lewis quickly became the targetfor all student dissatisfaction withadministrative policy...