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...responsible drinker there is a large gap between having a good time and being in danger. The cause of preventing alcohol-related deaths could be greatly advanced by making sure that every first-year is schooled in the basic knowledge about alcohol consumption and over-consumption or abuse...
...BOOZE BILL Overeating, philandering, pseudo inhaling--that's the old Bill Clinton. Now it seems Bill's gone teetotal. Never much of a drinker, last week the President faked sipping wine during two toasts at a U.N. luncheon. A breach of etiquette? No, says Letitia Baldrige, former chief of staff to Jackie Kennedy and author of More than Manners: "If you bring the glass to your mouth, who's going to know...
...employees in the Hemingway bar tell TIME and CNN that the Liberation account was "exaggerated." Echoing barkeeps in Paul's neighborhood, they describe Paul as a moderate drinker. "Often?" says one. "He came in maybe once or twice every three weeks or so for a drink or two." Another employee at the Hemingway agrees. "Occasionally he would have a special cocktail I prepared for him, and at hotel staff parties he would drink," he recalls. "But he was not a big boozer." In the private Ritz Club downstairs, an employee says, "everyone here knows what really happened...
...often forget that Socrates was more than a philosopher. He was also an honored warrior and a prolific drinker. It is said that when he drank with his friends, Socrates would stand like a stone as they passed by the way. That is to say, he would drink them under the table without ever faltering himself. An impressive feat, to be sure...
...force officer, he had worked at the hotel for 11 years. Though he had taken two special driving courses at Mercedes headquarters in Stuttgart, he apparently did not have the professional chauffeur's license that French law requires. Acquaintances last week told reporters he had once been a heavy drinker, though a Ritz employee claimed that over the past year Paul's drinking had slowed down. The Fayed family insists that no one on the hotel staff saw any sign that Paul was drunk. But French and British papers last week carried anonymous quotes from people described as Ritz employees...