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Word: drunk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Womack '59, professor of History, who was with him at Oxford, recalls that Krueger "kept very clean, never swore, never complained, never raised his voice, kept to his room and his studies, said hello pleasantly, and fairly radiated that he wanted no trouble. If the rest of us got drunk and let the cows into the Master's garden, to eat his roses and tramp his poppies, Krueger hid for a week in the library. He was one of the few Texans I've ever known who looked as if he wished you wouldn't say it so loud that...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: Pissants and Pablum | 10/27/1978 | See Source »

...students said they will not press charges. One said yesterday, "They were just drunk and crazy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Group of Youths Attacks Students At Adams House | 10/25/1978 | See Source »

This time around, a rich, beautiful, young heiress honeymooning in Egypt--ah, the stuff of which murder victims are made--is killed in her stateroom while everyone else's attention is on the groom, who has been shot in the leg by the drunk, half-crazed woman he jilted to marry the heiress. Also on board this floating Orient Express is the legendary Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov), who hears all, sees all, and eats all, at least to judge by his bulk. Add one American lawyer trying to cover up the fact that he has been embezzling...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Christie on the Nile | 10/20/1978 | See Source »

...problems with their methods of nuclear waste disposal. Neither did the managers of the West German power plant which recently released radiation into the atmosphere from a truck accident with one of their disposal vehicles. Anyone who has driven a car knows it is impossible to anticipate a drunk driver, or a bad storm. Those who do not recognize the untimely risks of nuclear power, especially in the light of their dire consequences, have blinded their common sense with zeal...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Seeing Through the Apocalypse | 10/19/1978 | See Source »

...that grew out of insecurity and which, with a new sense of self-confidence, she decides to end alone. If this abortion really endears Susan to her friend again, there is some reason to doubt her humanity. Nonetheless, on the strengths of their individual accomplishments, Susan and Ann get drunk, giggle, and make...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: Passing Acquaintances | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

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