Word: drunks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...armor plate kept him going until headaches and nervousness got him down. ¶ A sergeant had nightmares; he also had near-hysteria at the sight of blood. He had known about his condition since youth, and took regular slugs of brandy to quiet his nerves. In a cheerful, half-drunk state, he commanded a tank for two months. ¶ A soldier who had suffered tantrums as a child hardened up when his brother was killed at his side. Desire for revenge replaced fear, and he lasted until six tanks were shot from under...
...issue: When I have a highball or two I tell the truth about things. The truth, as you continually show in your pages, is tough. It is not then so much my talk that is tough as the stuff it deals with. But I'm not the town drunk. With the reputation you give me I'll be expected to drink everybody in Kansas City under the table...
...Said TIME: "Tom Benton, who does know how to drink. . . ." No town drunk does...
...Better today. I have lived carefully, sheltered myself from the cold winds, eaten moderately . . . drunk fine claret, slept in my own sheets. I shall live long. . . . If I could only breathe. . . . Plender, Gaston, open the windows." "The windows are all wide open, my lord," said the valets...
...Drunk as he was, the sailor knew what he wanted. "Where's your silk scarves?" A Chinese clerk got some out. The sailor pawed through them and took another drink. Then he wobbled across the room to the fur counter, with clumsy furtiveness stuffed a piece of fur under his heavy pea jacket and moved back to the silk...