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Bourbon and gin drinkers, the study found, are perceived as more average individuals who are often looked upon as "narcissistic." Beer and Vodka game in at the bottom of the list, according to the study...

Author: By Compiled FROM College newspapers, | Title: Drinking Image | 12/11/1982 | See Source »

...what could be done about it. To his dismay, he was told to give up alcohol, which he has vowed to do, except for occasional lapses, until Christmas. He is not happy with having to make a choice, however, and grumbles that "it is very reasonable to have a gin at lunchtime and two whiskies and a couple of glasses of wine at dinner as long as you don't drink anything after dinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Confessions of a Real Actor | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

Regattas can involve up to eight hours of grueling efforts against opponents and the elements, Horn adds, contradicting the the popular myth of the gin and tonic sailor." Rotch agrees that anyone who has raced with the Harvard team knows there is a difference between pleasure sailing and collegiate racing...

Author: By Steve Parkey, | Title: Harvard Sailing | 10/28/1982 | See Source »

...contributor of two of the twelve essays in this volume, warns that a devastating energy crisis could erupt at any time. He writes: "That, in a nub, is the problem for the United States and the entire industrial world, and is why we have undertaken this study." Yer gin fears that the current small glut in perils supplies will lull industrialized countries into the type of complacency that leads U.S. auto buyers to want to rush back to big cars as soon as gas prices seem to abate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Stuck over a Barrel | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

...industrial world. The authors are hopeful that countries will continue cutting back. "This is an optimistic work,"they write, "for our conclusion is that a reasonable adjustment, while not foreordained by any means, is certainly possible." In the race between crisis and a solution to global energy problems, Yer gin and the other authors are betting on adjustment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Stuck over a Barrel | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

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