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...kook is Sally. Who else but Sandy Dennis? Sally's Congressman husband ("presidential material") has deserted her for another woman, who, according to Sally, "is as neurotic as I used to be." Coming from a pill-popping vodka swigger, this brings down the house. Dennis' ability to widen her eyes in engrossed shell shock, like a child who has dropped an ice cream cone, and to filter her voice through obdurate adenoids makes her an enduringly dotty delight...
...work stoppages, the first cases of labor unrest in Poland since March, could hardly have come at a worse time for Party Boss Stanislaw Kania. Not only is he trying to grapple with the country's worst postwar economic crisis, amid shortages of everything from basic foodstuffs to vodka and cigarettes, but he faces a key test at this week's crucial party congress. Renewed unrest could create a hard-line backlash at the session, one which will determine the party's leadership and policies at a crucial juncture for the nation. Nor was the labor flare...
...Meanwhile, Moscow has to worry about 'crop failures in the Ukraine and the impact of Pope John Paul in Eastern Europe. The Soviet surge in alcoholism is also in the equation. It is more debilitating than our drug culture. It portends deep discouragement with a faltering system. Vodka has become more consoling than Communism. And the Soviet armies, for all their vaunted firepower, still have not digested Afghanistan...
...night: "When I leave here to drive home, I think about the game the whole way. When I drive in the next day, I'm still thinking about the game." His chief form of relaxation, however, is still a post-game drink. He keeps a chilled bottle of vodka in the refrigerator next to his desk...
...America. Because the students receive a stipend that pays for food and school materials and little more, the Soviet student spends more time walking in the parks, visiting friends, and sipping tea than going to bars, restaurants, concerts or the theater. On weekends, partying gets serious with straight vodka the most popular beverage. Sexually, the Soviet student is surprisingly puritan. Because birth control is not available--abortion is the most common kind of contraception--most Soviet students taking part in higher education refrain entirely from sexual activity. Although the Great October Revolution took place more than 63 years...