Word: docked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Took to Port. If some people drink too much, many old people drink too little, suggested Brooklyn's Dr. William Dock. "The carefree attitude derived from alcohol, so dangerous for the automobile driver," he said, "is most helpful for the aging parents of normally ungrateful children, for the man or woman with failing sense organs or vital organs, with dying contemporaries and narrowing circle of friends," or with income eroded by inflation...
...Dock cited three of his own aunts who had lived happily and usefully until they were 70, then began to suffer the afflictions of age. Two took to port wine and gloated that they did not need drugs, while the third took to valerian (a root drug laced with alcohol) and gloated that she did not need wine. All three enjoyed life more (one to the age of 99) and became easier to get along with. "Ever since seeing this," said Dr. Dock, "I have felt that what is needed in retreats for ailing or aged people, and even...
...else, the President's trip got Hughes a lot of publicity-and made his name better known. Hughes began to feel confident that his massive get-acquainted effort had paid off when, in the campaign's closing days, he paid an unscheduled visit to a Hudson River dock and found himself recognized by about 150 working longshoremen. Cried one: "You've got it made...
...security forbade the sky-aimed salvos with which they usually welcome visitors) quickly warmed to the President when he eloquently referred to Corsica's favorite son, Napoleon. In the South of France, coatless despite a severe head cold, De Gaulle drew cheers everywhere except in Marseille, where Red dock workers and right-wing ultras heckled him. In speech after speech, he asserted that peace negotiations would begin immediately with the Algerian F.L.N...
...Dock ihre Weine trlnkt er gern...