Word: drinkingness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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One bourbon drinker who does not like the setup is Governor Paul Johnson. Last week he urged Mississippians to repeal the prohibition law. The hypocrisy of their back-door drinking habits, he told the legislature, makes Mississippians the "laughingstock of the nation." Said Johnson: "It is high time for someone...
Since whisky is a high-proof issue in Mississippi, Johnson did not ask the legislators-who do their drinking in "private clubs" in Jackson-to repeal the law on their own. Instead, he asked them to authorize a referendum by March 15. Drys won the last such vote, in 1952...
Midway through World War I, the Australian government decided that it would be patriotic to shut all pubs at 6 p.m. With offices closing at 5, that did not leave much time for serious drinking, but Australians learned to make the most of it. Like alcoholic camels, they stowed away...
Sir: In the article concerning my remarks made before the New York Academy of Science, you chose French drinkers as an example of a culture where drinking is introduced early. This was unfortunate, since the attitudes of the French and their use of alcohol are as unhealthy as those of...
"I am 58 years old, and was first arrested for drunkenness at age 24," Joe Driver told North Carolina Superior Court Judge Raymond Mallard. "Since then I have spent two-thirds of my life in jail for drinking. Yes, sir, I consider myself an alcoholic. I want to do something...