Word: drinkingness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The Dutch, dependent on the Rhine for nearly half their drinking water, closed off the sluices that fed the river into purification plants. As rumors swept The Netherlands that nerve gas had contaminated the Rhine, police warned farmers to evacuate their cattle from riverside meadows. Some intrepid souls who still...
Up to 650 Americans will die and 30,000 will be injured on the nation's highways this weekend. More than half these accidents will involve drivers who have been drinking, even though drinking drivers will constitute no more than 5% of the motorists on the road at any...
Significant Force. Ditto's patrol corpsmen, with their militaristic uniforms, are distrusted by many white city authorities. The patrol members, who act tough and often harass cops, do not carry weapons, and on balance have probably done more good than harm. "These are guys who would ordinarily be out...
The most blatant appeal to the freeloader in Everyman occurs at Cavanagh's on West 23rd Street, where drinking is done on the honor system; waiters bring full whisky bottles and setups to the tables, and customers are expected to tot up their own bar bills. "If you tell...
Sharp-eyed liquor agents from the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Bureau raided the Hasty Pudding Club after the football game and took the names of all under-age people drinking at the bar.