Word: alcoholisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...This is not a book about the substance of Karen Ann Quinlan's life," Colen writes. "It is, instead, a book about the meaning of her dying and death." So Colen mentions only in passing that Karen Quinlan mixed drugs with alcohol and lapsed into a coma on the night of April 14 last year. The real Karen Ann Quinlan story began long after she lost consciousness and her parents, Joseph and Julia Quinlan, had given up hope. The Quinlans asked Karen's physicians to remove the respirator that kept her alive--or rather kept her from dying...
Warmer than their beaver coats could ever make them, alumni then joined thousands of thirsty students at the stadium gate in devising schemes to deceive the guards charged with the impossible task of keeping alcohol out of Memorial Field...
...infant beauty, all the lineaments of desirability are there. The grapes are thick-skinned, indicative of a high tannin content, which will help the red wines mellow with age and give them a pure, deep, brilliant hue. They are rich in sugar, assuring a high degree of natural alcohol (13% to 14% this year, v. 10% to 11% in normal seasons). The grapes also have a low acid content, promising full, soft wines for early consumption...
...superb. Such favorites as Moulin-á-Vent, Brouilly and Fleurie may rival some of the Burgundies in three years, though they will be drinkable as early as next spring. The Chardonnay whites from the Mâcon district, such as Pouilly-Fuissé, are very fruity, high in alcohol and richly flavored. Prices can be expected to jump...
Dave claims he gets enough sleep, even with the early morning classes he wakes up for--and never with a hangover. No surprise, actually, since Dave has carried on this nightly routine ever since he was a freshman three years ago. Alcohol has, you might say, become a big part of Dave's life, with his job bartending at the Faculty Club during the day, his carousing around town weekday nights, and his indulgence on weekends at the club...