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...well get used to the idea of more & more alcoholics. Now that people are living longer, the statistical curve of alcoholism is going on up with the curves of cancer and heart disease. This is the warning of an eye-opening book, The Problem Drinker (Duell, Sloan & Pearce; $3), published this week...
...reported three Rutgers University sociologists in the current Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. Women, the researchers found, are much more likely than men to drink merely to be sociable. Pointing out that science does not yet know how to tell the difference between a potential alcoholic and a drinker who can take it or let it alone, the Rutgers sociologists offer a tip to hosts: never insist on anyone's taking a drink; serve soft drinks along with the hard...
...after he refused to fire three Catholics from his administration, he was opposed by the 10,000 members of Sam Houston Klan No. 1. The Klan started a campaign of vilification, denouncing him as a chronic drinker and gambler. A Baptist, Holcombe demanded that the Baptist Ministers' Association try him on the charges at a public hearing. Although nine of the 13 ministers on the "jury" were Klansmen, they cleared him after a one-day "trial" held at the Rice Hotel a week before election. He won the election. Three campaigns later, however, he was defeated. One reason...
Paul D. Bartlett '31, professor of Chemistry; Garrett Birkhoff '32, professor of Mathematics; Shin Lu Chang, assistant professor of Sanitary Biology; Cocil K. Drinker. professor of Physiology; Wendell H. Furry, associate professor of Physics; James L. Gamble '10, professor of Pediatrics; Harry L. Hansen '37, associate professor of Business Administration; John N. Hobstter, assistant professor of Engineering Science; Roland B. Holt, assistant professor of Physics; Edwin C. Kemble '17, professor of Physics; Eugene M. Landis, George Higgins Professor of Physiology; Harry R. Mimno '28, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics; J. Howard Mueller, Charles Wilder Professor of Bacteriology and Immunology...
...Faced Woman. In Paris, Schiaparelli showed a new cocktail hat that would make even the lightest drinker see double. One side is a profile of the wearer (see cut), with a glittering brooch to simulate the eye, and a pendant "earring." Price, including jewelry...