Word: drinking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eight-year-old boy tried to hang himself, and failed only because he could not tie a good enough knot. A nine-year-old girl attempted suicide twice-her mother saved her once by yanking away a bottle of rubbing alcohol she was trying to drink, the next time by grabbing her after she had swung one leg over an eighth-floor balcony. Other young children have tried to die by setting fires in their homes, jumping off rooftops, taking fistfuls of pills and slashing their wrists...
...sexes exhibit such warning signs as dramatic changes in school performance, insomnia, irritability and a tendency to be involved in mishaps. Says Paulson: "Serious accidents happening to any child over six require a social evaluation of the family to see if there are family stresses provoking a child to drink poison or run into traffic...
...balcony of her room, Janey Cray, the grandmother, the truck driver, the die-hard Elvis fan, looked out over the vast, dark expanse of Memphis. Then she mixed another drink, and settled back into her chair...
Loyal fans at Michigan or Nebraska go out and get drunk after their teams lose. Loyal fans at Harvard go out for a drink, win or lose...
...World restaurant reports that they gobble up oysters and clams (as part of a $19.50 prix fixe dinner), which are much more expensive in Europe. Says Nick Lapole, director of public relations for Mamma Leone's restaurant in Manhattan: "The French and Italian tourists we are getting eat and drink rather lavishly and don't care what it costs." Because of all the dollars in their pockets, they are also losing their reputation for being stingy tippers. Rubies, emeralds, sapphires and cheaper souvenirs are being snapped up by tourists at Tiffany on Fifth Avenue. In Chicago's Water Tower Place...