Word: alcoholisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cultural pattern in the U.S." Other than suggesting that smoking pot might cause lung damage. NIDA ducks the issue of whether the drug poses a serious, long-term health hazard, explaining that the question requires further study. But the agency does note that marijuana upsets psychomotor coordination, as does alcohol. Indeed, as marijuana use increases, so presumably will the number of marijuana-related highway accidents. A study of 300 fatal car crashes in the Boston area has already shown that 16% of the involved drivers were apparently under the influence of marijuana (alcohol was involved in 30% of the accidents...
...Slugger. His exasperated explanation: "Every one was the wrong weight, and the handles were all too big." Interpretation: the wood was not shaved within the proper tiny fraction of an inch of perfection. Like all the other great hitters, Carew scrupulously cares for his bats. He bathes them with alcohol, removing the buildup of pine tar that is used to tighten the bond between hand and wood. "I can't stand a dirty bat," he explains. "Some guys leave pine tar on their bats and never clean them off. I can't understand that. How can they...
...handling costs 110 per piece. Longest unassisted walk: an easy 15-ft. stroll from terminal entrance to immigration counter. Immigration and customs checkout: allow half an hour. Hotels/Motels: two five-star hotels four miles away. Amenities: newly air-conditioned. Air India runs a restaurant serving inexpensive international cuisine (no alcohol available). Usual duty-free fare, though a bit cheaper than in other airports. First aid. Overall: more efficient and less congested than the Bombay airport, which offers all the ambience of the Black Hole of Calcutta...
...schemes would scorch the ears Truman Capote. In the three decades spanned by the novel- from the late Depression to the mid-'50s- she salvages Elesina from failure and alcohol, marries her to Irving and the Stein fortune, and finally launches her toward a seat in the House of Representatives...
Unfortunately, as innocent as such a solution may seem, it is filled with as many perils as, well, a 19th century medicine man's wagon. In the case of cancer, quack remedies involve more than bustled ladies sipping alcohol-laced Lydia Pinkham's compound or husky baldpates rubbing themselves with hair-growth oil. They are a cruel hoax that distracts cancer patients from possibly effective therapy. Even if it were accompanied by a caveat, an FDA stamp of approval for Laetrile would draw still more cancer patients away from conventional treatment-with disastrous consequences. Says Dr. Vincent DeVita...