Word: drunks
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Critics might want to start downloading because with Punch-Drunk Love (see review), the cultural significance of Sandler's work has become a serious proposition. In his new movie, Sandler plays a plunger salesman who dreams of escaping his banal existence via frequent-flyer miles. As far as romantic comedies go, it's very strange, which is what you would expect from director Paul Thomas Anderson of Magnolia and Boogie Nights. What you don't expect is an art film starring Sandler, whose lowbrow comedies have earned nearly $400 million since 1998 and have made him an idol of teenage...
...Look, I ran for UC president drunk, and I’m going to serve as UC president drunk...
...website, created by Inflexxion, Inc. in Newton, Mass.—a company which also designed the anti drunk-driving webpage “Crash Site”—asks students to complete a “risk-assessment” profile. Users are given immediate feedback which compares their alcohol consumption to that of the national average based on gender, race, class, athletic participation and involvement in fraternities or sororities...
...esteem isn't all that it's cracked up to be. In fact, as a brief recounting of Bob Torricelli's career would usefully illustrate, it can be a huge part of the problem. New research has found that self-esteem can be just as high among D students, drunk drivers and former Presidents from Arkansas as it is among Nobel laureates, nuns and New York City fire fighters. In fact, according to research performed by Brad Bushman of Iowa State University and Roy Baumeister of Case Western Reserve University, people with high self-esteem can engage in far more...
...dangerous alternative. Handles of vodka and rum, disguised in conspicuous water bottles, will replace cups of beer among the binge drinkers, and University Health Services will see more sick students than ever. Hard liquor contains a much higher percentage of alcohol than beer and therefore causes students to get drunk faster, frequently before they realize the state of their inebriation. While beer may make students sick, hard alcohol can turn deadly...