Word: liquored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fleming said that people who are weak in either their personality or their physical constitution are least able to handle liquor. An interesting exception to this rule was revealed in recent case studies, which showed a surprising percentage of ex-athletes among the patients at alcoholic clinics. These men, because of their exceptional physical condition during their college years, were at first able to take large quantities of alcohol without apparent harm. But their systems were affected by this overdosage, and when their condition weakened, their progress to chronic addiction was hastened...
Gaughan said that the Massachusetts Commission on Alcoholism has made studies which indicate that the surplus of money in circulation due to the nation's war economy is a large factor in the increase of alcoholism. "People have more money to spend, so they spend it on liquor, just as they spend it on other recreation...
...Limit. In Boston, Robert Tucker fed liquor to his three-year-old son Anthony, was found innocent of contributing to the child's delinquency when a court ruled that the state statute applies only to children...
...Meets Girl. What brings lovers in such droves to Bride & Groom is its promise to feather their nests. The newlyweds get a free, week-long honeymoon ("We pay for everything except liquor," says Nelson), the loan of a Pontiac, and a shower of presents ranging from vacuum cleaners and gas ranges to silverware and cigarette lighters. The ceremony itself is whipped through in something under four minutes. The rest of the 15-minute program is devoted to music by an organ, a harp and a sentimental baritone, a quick rehash of the boy-meets-girl details of the particular romance...
...alike in class and thing alike. There will come a day when all Yalemen must dress like spooks on Tap Day, sit rigid in the class room with the somber and vacant stares of mechanical men, file with military precision into the dining halls, and never touch women or liquor after...