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...familiar refrain at parties and in bars: women just can't hold their liquor. They are quicker to get giddy, and they stay drunk longer than men matching them drink for drink. For years, the difference was attributed to gross anatomy: On average, women are smaller than men, and thus alcohol gets into their tissues more rapidly. And because they carry proportionately more fat and less water in their bodies, liquor is diluted more gradually, prolonging its heady effects...
...England Journal of Medicine, women possess significantly less of the active stomach enzyme. The result is that they absorb about 30% more alcohol into their bloodstreams than men do -- and voila! Taking into account the weight difference between the average man and woman, a mere 2 oz. of liquor has about the same effect on a woman as 4 oz. would on a man. Just why there is such a discrepancy remains a mystery...
...findings intensify earlier warnings that drinking holds special risks for women. Labels on liquor bottles and placards in some restaurants and bars already caution that for a pregnant woman to drink can cause serious birth defects in her baby, including physical deformities and mental retardation. The new research indicates that women who are not pregnant need to take heed as well...
...lawsuit, which was filed in August, 1989, alleges that the former Northeastern University student was raped at the club during a 1988 Harvard-Yale game party. In the suit, the woman argues that the club failed to supervise the event adequately and violated state law by serving liquor to minors...
While children sit on Santa's lap, big people try desperately to buy a stocking's worth of holiday spirit. They hunt for it in toy stores and liquor stores and the bargain basement of Filene...