Word: drunkenness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...motto goes) as we crest Heartbreak Hill after 21 miles. Among the BC race watchers, the drink of choice has always been that most enduring of college carbohydrate supplements: beer. The students even offer a patriotic cup of Sam Adams to unsuspecting runners as they struggle by, waiting with drunken anticipation for their gagging reaction (runners beware). Although not exactly the energybooster every weekend runner looks for, it's nice to know that people will be helping us celebrate the first and finalday of being 21 by generously providing alcohol...
...Stone's stories is in fact called Absence of Mercy; nearly all his people believe themselves cut off from any possible solace and forgiveness. The novella Bear and His Daughter portrays the explosive meeting of two such lost souls: a drunken poet on a reading tour in the Mountain States and his illegitimate daughter, who is now 31 and a park ranger packing a pistol. Her boyfriend, fearing what may come of the father's visit, tells her, "I hope God helps you. You should...
...most grating element of the Ex production was the pacing. Given Brecht's short, segmented scene structure it is strange that many scenes seemed interminable and remarkably static, particularly those involving group male drunken hysteria. In contrast the smaller, controlled scenes between Baal and his lovers were sharp and tense, especially those between Baal and Ekart. Homosexual themes and lesbian undertones gave a greater subtlety that was lacking in the rest of the play...
Incidents mentioned in the report include several drug deals at one club, a drunken student who was attached, repeated reports of sexual harassment, a complaint about lewd sexual acts performed by hired women and three incidents of underage drinking (for the full letter, see page...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: His diplomatic immunity revoked, Georgian diplomat Gueorgui Makharadze, the Republic of Georgia's number-two envoy in Washington, turned himself in to Washington, D.C. police Thursday to face charges that his drunken driving caused the death of a 16-year-old girl earlier this year. Cruising through busy downtown streets at speeds up to 85 mph, Makharadze had careened into a line of cars waiting at a stoplight on Connecticut Avenue, setting off a fatal chain reaction. If found guilty of manslaughter, the 35-year-old diplomat could spend the next 30 years in a U.S. prison, with...