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...merchandise?" or "Have you violated any company policies?" New job applicants can expect such questions as: "Is there something important concerning yourself that you haven't told us? Have you ever been arrested or questioned by the police? Would you classify yourself as a light, medium or heavy drinker? Have you ever taken any drugs other than pot or hash?" (A surprising number of companies consider marijuana or hashish usage inoffensive...
...hard finding Champagne after the game, though. He hadn't shown up at midfield, as the contract had specified. He had gone directly to DKE for a rendezvous with a pockmarked, greased-up Danish count called The Bag. The Bag was still the best drinker at Yale, and Champagne wanted to sharpen his skills, mano a mano, for a few hours...
...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...