Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vote of eight to seven, a bill that would allow Mass. liquor stores to sell alcohol on Sundays squeaked through the joint Government Regulations Committee earlier this week, clearing the way for its consideration by the full House of Representatives in the near future...
...Scali said the shrinking number of stores licensed to sell alcohol in the city and the relative lack of large local competitors mean that proportionally fewer Cambridge stores may have interest in staying open for the extra day--traditionally considered one of the slowest sales days of the week...
...drive up to New Hampshire for alcohol has been a legend for some time," Kaplan said. "This isn't groundbreaking...
...Still, Scali said he thought Cambridge's "active neighborhood groups" would likely be against any effort to expand the sale of alcohol...
...People from Harvard and MIT don't really drink or buy their alcohol in Cambridge," he said, referring to results from recent sting operations designed to nab underage drinkers. "I guess you don't buy in your own backyard...