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Almost immediately after it hits the stomach, alcohol is Almost immediately after it hits the stomach, alcohol is coursing through the bloodstream to the central nervous system, where it starts to slow down, or anaesthetize, brain activity. Though it is a depressant, the initial subjective feeling that it creates is just the opposite, as the barriers of self-control and restraint are lifted and the drinker does or says things that his well-trained, sober self usually forbids. Only later, after a number of drinks, are the motor centers of the brain overtly affected, causing uncertain steps and hand movements...
Stand Up and Cheer (1934). Shirley Temple, a member of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations, sings and dances her way into the pit of our stomach. Ch. 27, 4 p.m. 1 1/2 hours...
...Take time grocery shopping. Bring a list and deviate from it only to take advantage of daily specials. Shop on a full stomach. Reweigh all prepackaged meats on the scales that many supermarkets provide. Visit the reduced-for-quick-sale table, especially on Saturday. The New York City department of consumer affairs estimates that a combination of these precautions can chop 10% off a food budget, which could save as much as $350 a year for a middle-income family...
...gotta fight those dogs off. But every once in a while, say in the summer time, in a suburb out there, these young housewives, they're sunning themselves, you know? And she's in a bikini, you know, and her back is to the sun, lying on her stomach, and the bra is loose. And I go up close and I say, 'GAS METER READER!' She turns around, and I see a lot, you know. She says, 'Why didn't you announce yourself?!' And I say, 'Well, I didn't know, M'am.' You know what? It makes...
Most of you have played baseball at one time or another. You then have experienced the awful sinking feeling in your stomach after a ground ball has somehow eluded your glove that you were sure was down as far as it could be. You also know the humiliation of having to confront your teammates' accusing glares and the derision of the fans, some of whom kindly suggest you commit suicide as the best solution to your team's fielding problem...