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...supersleuths have been on the trail of Mrs. Nixon, and of course they have found her out. Does she smoke pot? Is she a secret drinker? Could she be the secret backer of a string of bordellos...
...precisely fighting weight." Still, reporters had vivid memories of the "toonder and lightning" right hand that flattened Floyd Patterson in 1959, and they suppressed their laughter when Ingo, 37, announced that he may try a comeback. Addicted to the good life even in his prime, and a problem drinker in the years since, he claims that he has now given up smorgasbord and women-he was recently divorced from his wife -and is back in rigorous training. "Three training bouts to shake off the rust," said Ingo, "and I wouldn't be afraid to meet the world...
This predilection for hyperbole can only confuse the casual wine drinker. As a beginning of wisdom, he must understand that oenologists are scarcely detached observers - nearly all are in the wine business. Thus, when he hears the experts describe 1968 as an "average" vintage year for French and German wines, he should recognize that average actually means awful...
Some tavernes have already closed, and others may soon be forced to follow their example unless their musicians agree to share the losses by accepting smaller fees. One host tried offering patrons free plastic plates and cups to tear. The tranquilizer does not always work; a frustrated drinker in the capital's Skorpios tavern last week commandeered a dozen plates and had just finished shattering the last one when police grabbed him. It was the first arrest under the new decree. The word is about in the capital that some Athenians feel so blue about the latest blue...
...frequent gibes at Ed's supposed alcoholic prowess. Last week, giving blood on camera to help dramatize a nationwide shortage, Carson lifted his head from the pillow and cracked: "Ed's is the only blood with a 10-minute head on it." Actually, Ed is an average drinker who likes a couple of martinis with meals or with the two peanut butter sandwiches that he sometimes eats when he arrives late at night at his home in suburban Bronxville...