Word: drunks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...nation. Immediate conditions are, however, pretty appalling and certainly call for heroic measures. A friend of Mrs. Boole's is in fact, ready to testify to the horrendous effect of liquor; it seems that she went to a cocktail party for sixty people at which fifty-eight became "silly drunk"; the only exceptions were Mrs. Boole's friend and her husband, who were rather cut up about the whole business...
...that a similar clause might be made a part of the Massachusetts law; while the sensible thing to do is to remove any arbitrary age limit, and serve liquor to those who look capable of holding what they have ordered, enforcing rigidly the law against serving to those already drunk, the sensible thing is not always possible in matters involving legislation. Whether the law-givers decide to remove all limits, or only to lower the limit to eighteen, is somewhat beside the point. In any case, steps to effect some change of the kind should be taken soon; a recommendation...
...lost in three years of championship play. All but two other opponents found him an easy mark. To pool enthusiasts the spectacle was pitiful, particularly the after noon when Greenleaf, always the well-mannered sportsman, appeared for his match with Jimmy Caras in no condition to play. Apparently drunk, he loudly protested that Caras had shoved rather than shot the cue ball in making one point. The referee waved Greenleaf away. When he continued to argue the referee disqualified him. Next day Greenleaf fans learned their idol had filed suit for divorce from his wife, a Eurasian vaudeville singer...
Convention City is adumbrated with many a drinking scene, a company song ("Oh. Honeywell" to the tune of "My Maryland"), and some quips which may cause some cinemagoers to wonder what Will Hays is doing. Typical sequence: a drunk loudly advocating that "Our merchandise be placed in slot machines on every corner, in case of emergency" only to discover that he is in the wrong convention. Flying Down to Rio (RKO). In the current cycle of musicomedies there are three major types: 1) elaborate revues, with plots based on backstage activities or neo-Freudian dreams, like Roman Scandals; 2) naive...
...luck. Home for the summer, he finds that Neloa still loves him, according to her lights, but has indeed bestowed her favors on several casual callers. Vridar nearly goes crazy, tries to break with her but can not. Back at college as a vengeful enemy of society, he gets drunk, steals groceries, cheats landladies, goes to dance halls with his pal "Forenoon." Though he does his earnest best as a seducer, something al ways pulls him up short. Suddenly he drops college, goes home to Neloa and after an agonizing struggle marries her in the full knowledge that...