Word: drunkenness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rose's parents, on the other hand, give the movie what little panache it has. Playing Rose's often drunken step-father, Jon Voight gives a touching performance as a World War II veteran having difficulty adjusting to civilian life, and fascinated by the secret workings of the military and their weaponry. Voight drinks to escape the memories, but everywhere around him are reminders of the military life. To compensate, Voight takes it out on the awkward Rose, going into a frenzy when he can't find his booze and then attacking her for leaving unwashed dishes...
...hammily inept acting troupe, Tony Jay is a figure of majesty, an artist surrounded by buffoons whose incompetence he must overlook because some of the worst are members of his family. As Lord Frederick Verisopht, the luxuriating rake who accosts Nicholas' sister, Simon Templeman reveals a dreamy, drunken boy, easily misled, whose final repentance thus makes sense...
Every year about 20,000 people are killed on American roads by drunken drivers. Now several firms are promoting a product that could save some of those lives: disposable alcohol detectors designed for use by consumers. One device, called BreathScan and manufactured by Denver-based Prescott Technologies, is a 3-in. tube filled with yellow crystals. A motorist blows into the tube and if the crystals turn blue-green, knows that he is too intoxicated to drive safely. Such gadgets were invented years ago but have been sold almost exclusively to police departments and other institutions. Within a month, though...
...local school boards, the neighborhood committees, the grass-roots movements," says Atwater. A striking example of grass-roots success is Mothers Against Drunk Driving, founded by Candy Lightner, 40, after her teenage daughter was killed by an intoxicated motorist in 1980. MADD is largely responsible for toughening the drunken-driving laws and raising the drinking age in 38 states. Arlene Joye, 35, took a $15,000 pay cut when she left her job as a director of a pay-TV subscription service in Los Angeles to work full time for MADD as an executive assistant. "I take so much from...
...camaraderie with her roommates was the best part of the rooming situation, says Touhey. "It's great to come home with your drunken buddies from a party, and instead of breaking up into little room units or couple units, you still have that gang feeling carried over into brushing your teeth, listening to that last album, crawling into bed, waking up at two the next day and complaing about your hangovers together...