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Word: shiminski (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...1980s, however, Hazelwood's drinking problem had become so obvious that seamen on other Exxon ships knew of it. "Ever since I had known of Joe, I heard he had alcohol problems," says James Shiminski, an Exxon chief mate until 1986. "He had a reputation for partying, ashore and on the ship." In 1984, while off duty, Hazelwood was arrested for drunken driving in Huntington, and later convicted. Police say he was leaving a parking lot of a tavern where he had been attending a bachelor party for his brother Joshua, when his van smashed into a car. Hazelwood left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Joe's Bad Tripon the Exxon Valdez | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

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