Word: drunkenness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Massachusetts has no criminal-negligence law, Boyle is charged with finding out "when, where and by what means the person deceased came to her death," and whether an "unlawful act or negligence" contributed to that death. Among other things, Boyle will question guests at the Chappaquiddick cookout about whether drunken driving was involved. If Boyle decides that there might have been an unlawful act, the record of the inquest can remain secret unless a grand jury hears the case...
Almost every person convicted of drunken driving in Phoenix, Ariz., must suffer through this eyewitness account of a Christmas Eve tragedy. The witness was Ernest I. Stewart, a professor of health education at Arizona State University. After he saw the crash, Stewart talked the city's chief magistrate into a new way of sobering drunken drivers, who cause roughly half the nation's auto deaths each year-a carnage that is always worst during the holiday season...
...classes discuss the summaries written by past students. Stewart has concluded that the D.W.I, offender is generally an individual under pressure, anxious about financial or domestic troubles. He is so wrapped up in his own worries that he cannot comprehend the reasons for society's concern with drunken driving. Because of this picture, Stewart's approach now includes more counseling. "Sympathy, insight and patience," he says, "are the keys to working with a person in this state of mind." So far, the project has been an impressive success. Of 2,000 graduates since 1966, fewer than...