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Word: drinkingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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The family took shelter in the plane, melted snow for drinking water, subsisted a while on two jars of jelly and a couple of sandwiches taken on the trip. In mid-March, when Oien was well enough to move, he set out through five feet of snow for help. "At...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: Death in Trinity Mountains | 10/13/1967 | See Source »

A grape picker in California works between 10 and 12 hours a day in fields which average more than 105 degrees during the summer. There are no toilets in the fields. Drinking water is allotted according to the number of bushels picked. The number is arbitrary depending upon the foreman...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Alexander, | Title: Four Farm Workers Picket 'Stop & Shop': A Grape Boycott Begins in Boston | 10/9/1967 | See Source »

In an unusual confrontation, President-elect Nguyen Van Thieu, flanked by Ky and their aides, decided to come out of the palace and meet the monk. Loudspeakers broadcast a curbside debate between Thieu and Tri Quang to several thousand Vietnamese who gathered to watch, smiling and drinking soda pop. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Monk Without a Cause | 10/6/1967 | See Source »

The social value of deterring crimes against oneself is more debatable - especially when there is no proof that the outlawed conduct causes harm. Most lawyers agree, therefore, that laws prohibiting private acts such as drinking are an unnecessary and unwarranted restraint on individual freedom, and little more than an attempt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Criminal Justice: Marijuana Before the Bench | 9/29/1967 | See Source »

How much alcohol in the blood is a practical limit for someone who is driving? Campbell says .05%. In Norway, where drinking is a factor in only 5.7% of serious accidents, that has been the legal limit since 1926. How much can a person drink before his blood alcohol level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alcohol: Drawing the Line for Drivers | 9/22/1967 | See Source »

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