Word: jiggering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alcohol takes the worst toll on the liver, where most of the ethanol in the bloodstream is broken down. Because alcohol is so high in calories (there are 110 calories per jigger of 90-proof liquor), the liver metabolizes it instead of important nutrients, a phenomenon that can lead to severe malnutrition. The high caloric content of ethanol also causes fat to build up in the liver, one of the earliest stages of alcoholic liver disease. This is frequently followed by scarring of the liver tissue, which interferes with the organ's task of filtering toxins from the blood...
...John's, Nfld., Fonyo dipped his toe into the Atlantic and embarked on his own "journey for lives." Last week, after grinding down 4,924 miles, 17 pairs of running shoes and six artificial legs, Fonyo hobbled onto a red carpet at a Vancouver Island beach, poured a jigger of Atlantic water into the Pacific and shouted, "Yahoo, I've done it!" The run (actually he plants his artificial leg then swings his good leg in a hopping double step) has already raised nearly $10 million. At a rally early last week, Fonyo, 19, talked about when he was twelve...