Word: drinker
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...lived a "hard life," smoking, drinking heavily, eating a high-fat diet and exercising little, if at all. She started experiencing mild forgetfulness at 77, followed by difficulty balancing her checkbook, completing crossword puzzles and addressing Christmas cards. Soon she developed Alzheimer's. The other twin was a social drinker who never smoked, adhered to a diet low in starches and animal fats, and exercised. She too began experiencing mild forgetfulness in her 70s but didn't decline further...
...upon a lush, jagged drum beat, the song mines Tweedy’s favorite theme—twisted, bitter love. He is one of the premier lyricists working in rock music today; few songwriters take as much joy in manipulating words. “I am an American aquarium drinker/ I assassin down the avenue/ I’m hiding out in the big city blinking/ What was I thinking when I let go of you.” Tweedy’s gift is finding precisely the right moment to let that naked emotion drop within a verse. Until...
...drunken, turquoise-shirted meltdown for new Crimson Key elect and first-time drinker Amir C. Daharphuni ’04. “I am TRASHED!” he exclaimed as he attempted to open the front door to Lowell by sticking his pinky finger in the card swipe slot post-initiation. “Do you like my TIE?” he yelled to the card swipe machine. “It’s turquoise too! HA!” He then yakked on the card swipe machine, rendering it useless and yak-encrusted...
...dynasty. He also freely concedes that his songwriting chops don't rank with his grandpa's. The exquisite gift the youngest Hank has inherited is a stone-cold ability to create music about the battle between Saturday night and Sunday morning that rages in the mind of a drinker who wants to stop. When Hank III describes the joys of booze, the guitar boogies along just loud and hard enough--and without weighing down the melody--to suggest the pleasure he finds. When he delves into the pathos of not being able to quit, sickly sounding violins, set against...
BRENDAN: A non-drinker, Brendan was fighting a head cold but gamely showed up nonetheless. His Dimetapp-related drowsiness wore off as the night progressed...