Word: drinking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tower also vowed that if he broke his pledge not to drink, he would step down...
WASHINGTON--Defense Secretary-designate John G. Tower said yesterday that he is not on alcoholic and issued an extraordinary pledge not to take a single drink if he is confirmed by the Senate to head the Pentagon...
...There's no Harvard type," he says. But as he glances around pre-frosh party in a Yard dorm with a drink in his hand he says, "Actually, there aren't too many jocks in this group. The prefrosh seem to be a pretty academic-minded group...
...embarassing to see how silly the new Star Trek is. Here they drink synthehol, an alcohol-like substance whose effects disappear at will. They don't say "aye, aye" anymore but "I'll make it so." The Landing Party is now the Away Team. And to top it off, they are allies with the Klingons...
...class of junior high kids and pick out who will become an addict." Nonetheless, addicts do have a common pattern of behavior. Observes Blume: "They have translated feelings of distress like 'I'm bored' or 'I'm lonely' or 'I'm angry' into feelings of 'I need a drink' or 'a hit' or 'a fix.' " Tina Tessina, a therapist in Long Beach, Calif., points out that people with dependencies try to "meet their emotional needs" with alcohol or drugs...