Word: drunks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard report, in short, will suffice until the next study indicating that a paper cup of coffee is more salutary than coffee drunk from a mug. Or that coffee is good till the last drop dead...
...struggle against German fascism came to an end, Stalin was confident that communists would come to power in much of Western Europe. When Charles de Gaulle visited Moscow in 1944, Stalin got very drunk and teased him by asking, "Are you going to arrest ((the French Communist leader Maurice)) Thorez?" Thorez was living in Moscow at the time, but he was planning to return to Paris after the defeat of the Germans. Stalin signed a Franco-Soviet treaty during De Gaulle's visit, but he didn't attach much importance to it. "When Thorez arrives on the scene," he told...
...next day I flew to Yalta. We met over meals. By then Stalin could not resist forcing liquor on people to get them drunk. Gottwald already had a fondness for drink, so Stalin didn't have to work very hard at getting him drunk. I remember Gottwald saying, "Comrade Stalin, why are your people stealing our technical secrets? They steal everything they can. We can see what's happening. It's an insult to us. We have no secrets from you. If you need some new technology or advanced designs, just say so and we'll give them...
Many student drinkers may have short-term drinking problems, but with time will learn to correct their behavior and drink with moderation. As one friend of mine said recently, "I would never think of getting so drunk so often as I did freshman year...
...should be aware of the danger signs of problem drinking: drinking alone, drinking to get drunk, increased tolerance (currently a status symbol), feeling guilty about drinking, blackouts and memory loss. Socially unacceptable as it is, you would be doing a friend a favor if you pointed out such behavior...