Word: drunken
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Influence." Alcohol came in for special attention. Milwaukee's Dr. Herman A. Heise showed the latest gadgets developed for the A.M.A. and the National Safety Council to provide legal proof of drunken driving. Chief problem, even with the popular "Drunkometer," is that there is no clear line between sobriety and "under the influence." With less than one-twentieth of 1% alcohol in the blood, nearly everybody can drive safely; with more than three-twentieths, virtually nobody can. But within that range, different individuals have their faculties impaired to very different degrees. The solution: results of these gadget tests must...
...played by the Poet's group, Purgatory is static and lacks the contrasts it should have. It seems two-dimensional beside the rich, flowing whimsy of The Player Queen. Given the role of Septimns, a drunken poet, Russell more than acquits himself in the evening's second play. His eulogy of the chaste unicorn is particularly charming. The most skillful performance of the evening is Bronias Sielewicz' Decima, the actress who becomes queen when the real queen flees an attacking mob. Graceful in her movements, she is alternately coy and contemptuous as the part demands...
Drive-ln. In Long Beach, Calif., after steering his car across the beach and into the ocean, Walter Bryant, 27, was booked for drunken "driving, told police: "Just thought I'd catch a few crabs...
Victor Borge, stumbling over his piano bench and in all looking like a drunken Viking, is singlehandedly giving the funniest show on Broadway at the Golden...
...Kleenex. Then, with Bobby's body in the rear of her station wagon, they headed for St. Joseph. On the way, they stopped for drinks; Hall inspected the station wagon to "observe whether there was any blood dripping . . . on the ground." The rest of the week was a drunken dream. Said Mrs. Heady: "I wanted to stay drunk so that my conscience would not bother...