Word: pint
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Dartmouth figures to be the strongest of the middle pack of Ancient Eight teams. Leading an offense returning 20 of the top 22 performers is pint-sized quarterback Brian Stretch, who is joined in the backfield by tailback Ernie Torain (4.7 yards per carry last year). The receiving corps of Scott Truitt, Doug Keare and Frank Doyle is as fine as any in the league...
...Irish, counter to the stereotype, are the European community's most abstemious tipplers, consuming less than 2 gal. of alcohol per capita annually. In Britain, where the corner pub is a second home and a pint is considered a birthright, 95% of all adults in England, Scotland and Wales are drinkers. Beer consumption is down slightly, however, due to high unemployment and increased taxes on alcohol. In West Germany, beer intake has tripled over three decades, to 9 billion liters annually. "We have a saying," says an official of the National Health Ministry in Bonn, "that...
...come to the office thinking Ho has to be on the line. But he isn't, and we can't fool ourselves about Ho. It's like an old cowboy used to say, 'There's no use being poor and stupid all your life when you can buy a pint of whiskey and be rich and smart in an hour.' We can't do that...
Filling their first pint of the bottle last November, Harvard students, faculty and other staff currently hold a 129 unit lead over their New Haven rival Harvard has donated about 1229 pints this year...
...Speaking of pint-sized ballplayers, the smallest ballplayer ever was midget, Eddie Gaedel, who tipped the scales at 65 pounds and was but 3-ft, 7-in, tall. For ten huge points, talking height and weight into account, who was the biggest regular player (non-pitcher) ever to play...