Word: drunkenness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Joanna Pettet stands by-wholesome in homespun-to bind up his wounds. So does Karl Maiden as her drunken father, the country doctor. But Stamp is perfectly able to take care of himself; it is the movie that ups and dies...
...names were there. Smoky, the drunken horse from Cat Ballou, Old Fooler, star of The Rounders, and currently seen under Burt Lancaster in The Scalphunters. Mr. Ed and Fury, once title horses in TV series bearing their names. Syn Cat, the cat who was That Darn Cat. Cousin Bessie, the chimp from The Beverly Hillbillies. Bruce, who was the ocelot in Honey West. Rhubarb, who gave that never-to-be-forgotten performance as the cat in Breakfast at Tiffany's. And all the young stars of tomorrow: Willie the bear, soon to make his debut...
...Lampoon. Guards told newsmen elaborate stories of a "curly haired boy" standing near the cod, holding a large, long florist's box. 'But," one guard said, "from him came the breath of something other than lilies. It was a sort of alcoholic fragrance." The alcoholic fragrance turned to a drunken stench as the city of Boston got increasingly enraged. The Post reported angrily that "the thief was intoxicated...badly in need of a shave...wore brown clothing...had curly hair." Barber shops were combed for a sign of a curly haired boy. A long car chase in Newton finally gave...
...Fleet Street picture editor, she often works 14-hour days, relaxes on weekends by gardening at their country cottage. Anyone who doubts her zeal for "interventionism" should talk to Britain's pub owners. After she pushed through legislation as Minister of Transport making a Breathalyser test mandatory for drunken-driving suspects, they sarcastically introduced a new drink called "the Bloody Barbara": pure tomato juice and tonic. No matter; her plan worked. Since it began, road deaths in Britain have dropped nearly...
...those middle-class voters which present the greatest obstacle to enactment of minimum income legislation. Whatever else they do, election-year Congressmen simply cannot let their constituents think that the poor are "getting away" with anything. The portion of the American Middle Class that sees the poor as sloppy, drunken, and lustful, is determined that the poor should pay for their libertine existence with poverty. It sees any attempt to bring the poor up to or near its income level as a threat to its own position. The view is shortsighted, of course. Being poor in America really...