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...with loud, semi-public parties which seem to us quite clearly to be beyond the limits which we can tolerate. Frankly, there is some feeling that the ban might also be appropriate for the houses, but here we held back because at least some students there could legally have liquor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of Jewett's Letter | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...cannot accept the argument that banning kegs will automatically turn students to hard liquor and off-campus drinking spots. If it does so, we indeed have a serious problem, but even then the solution is surely not to condone huge amounts of beer. Unfortunately, the law does not permit us to utilize alcohol as the organizing motif of social life, and this is particularly true for freshmen, all of whom are underage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of Jewett's Letter | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...secret doubts: would I ever be ready? Would I know when I was? The Navy's endless Tests were there to reassure me. I was passing, I was winning." Learning lessons, off duty as well as on, promises a path to maturity: how to find and then hold liquor; what to do when confronted with the uncharted terrain of women. "Sex was a journey of exploration. Girls were Africa and I was Stanley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ups And Downs FLIGHTS OF PASSAGE | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...This weekend, the Crimson played like it had gulped down a bottle of that old sports liquor--"Enthusiasm" (110 percent proof). Against SLU, the Crimson jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: In the ECAC, Rinks to Rile You Up | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

Raise beer and wine taxes. The tax on wine is only 5% of what it is on hard liquor, while the tax on beer is 25%. Both could be raised to 50%. The tax on a 750-ml bottle of wine would go from 3 cents to 30 cents and on a six-pack of beer from 16 cents to 32 cents. $3 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time's Proposal Yes, It Can Be Done | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

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