Word: drinker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first arrived in Jefferson City, the rural, stodgy state capital, his breezy manner made a few influential enemies. They are thought to have started the drinking rumors that have plagued Eagleton's career and are, by every reliable account, without foundation. He was a one-of-the-boys drinker as a weekday bachelor in Jeff City, but no one there recalls that alcohol was ever a problem...
...need a passport." In his books he tampered with scores to make his efforts seem more brilliant. Upon losing a game, he would sometimes hurl his king across the room. Married five times and a heavy drinker, he appeared at one exhibition and urinated on the floor. He died destitute in 1946, clutching a pocket chess...
Like AA. Like most Recovery, Inc. meetings, this was a highly structured affair, with a solemn, inspirational tone reminiscent of Alcoholics Anonymous. But just as the twelve-step credo of AA, which would turn off a normal social drinker, has real significance for the man who has faced the horrors of dipsomania, so the ritual of Recovery, Inc. is acceptable, perhaps necessary, for many who have gone through the hell of emotional breakdown...
...premium blends, or $2 a fifth less than for name brands of Scotch. The most widely promoted brand at first will be Crow Light, made by National Distillers (Old Crow bourbon). It has been pitching Crow Light in trade journals with an ad showing a long-haired drinker announcing "a clean break with the past." Seagram, the world's largest distiller, will diversify its Four Roses blend and begin selling a "light blend" under the same name. The company will also have a new light brand called Galaxy. Schenley will introduce no fewer than six light variations of regular...
...cage and he just lets it all go and it catches the sheriff right in the ear and Chick had a lotta beer in him so he hardly stops before they get back to the cop station. He just sprayed that guy back and forth. Chick was a hard drinker and wasn't one to puke...