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...only category which seems to be almost constant from the last poll, conducted two years ago, is alcohol consumption. Of the students responding, 93 percent said they drank once or more per month and 48 percent drank once or more per week. In fact, only one student out of the entire 395 said that he had never consumed alcohol. It is unclear whether the one teetotaler was the same student who said he smoked regularly...
Alcohol abuse is estimated to cost the Soviet economy $8 billion a year in lost production because of heavy drinking by workers. A recent newspaper poll revealed that 25% of those surveyed drank before work, and 20% admitted that they drank on the job. The late Soviet leader Yuri Andropov also tried to combat alcoholism, but the campaign petered out after a few months. This time the effort appears to be more intense. But will it work? For one thing, alcohol is considered a cure-all for everything from flu to frostbite. For another, vodka is a traditional refuge from...
...They tell me he went up to Memphis, and he ate a mess of fish, and he drank an ocean of whiskey, and he died, just keeled on over. Fish and whiskey. Who'd of thought...
...Hurricane Gloria slammed into the East Coast yesterday, taking at least three lives and causing millions of dollars in damages, Harvard students drank beer, blasted music and cavorted in the gusting winds...
Back in the days when men drank dry martinis and smoked unfiltered cigarettes with abandon, ogling the scantily clad, buxom Bunnies at the Playboy Club was a popular pastime. Times have changed. Playboy last week announced that when its flagship New York City club reopens in November, the employees will include male waiters, dubbed Rabbits. In an effort to lure female patrons, the ! company (fiscal 1985 sales: $192 million) hopes to hire "attractive and athletically built" men. Company officials refuse to say how the Rabbits will be dressed but insist that they will keep their pants on. Among the current...