Word: drank
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first 24 hours in the lifeboat, the Puerto Ricans panicked and drank seawater. The next day all four died. Ships passed the lifeboat, which was in the middle of the steamer lanes, but none...
...both in and out of the University have long held irreconcilable ideas on the amount of liquor consumed in the College, on the University's perennial drunkards, and of those who drank during exams and still managed to pass with...
...first consideration is why people drink. Of the 67 men to whom Pugh asked this question, 65--who admitted they drank--replied in the following manner: for the hell of it, to get away from it all, because they see others doing it, in college to get drunk, because they have nothing else to do, because of world tension and the collapse of all values, to get a girl, as a prelude to sex, to overcome fatigue, to relax, to be different, heats the hell out of me, for the thrill, and for the taste...
...members of college athletic teams, drink during the season more, and celebrate the end of the season with more gusto and more consumption. "Perhaps," Pugh suggests, "the report throws a light on some of the recent records of Harvard athletic teams." Of the 25 athletes in the survey, 12 drank during the season...
Drinking can definitely be correlated with marks and amount of time spent on study, if Pugh's results are correct. The social, light-heavy, and heavy drinkers usually take a nip after an exam. Unfortunately, Pugh did not ask how many drank before exams...