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...retards absorption of alcohol from the gastrointestinal tract, and a few ounces taken with a meal are less powerful than an equal amount downed an hour before. By the same token, some drinks with food in them-eggnogs made with eggs, milk and cream, for example-have slightly less wallop than straight drinks. The tomato juice in a Bloody Mary or the orange juice in a screwdriver is not enough to make any appreciable difference...
...first congressional race of this mid-term election year, last week's special vote to fill a House vacancy in Pennsylvania's Twelfth District, was widely viewed as an early gauge of Watergate's wallop at the polls. The results turned out to be almost as muddy as the Conemaugh River waters that submerged Johnstown, the district's largest city, in the historic flood of 1889. Barring a reversal in a vote review, the Democrats captured a seat that had been held by the late John P. Saylor, a Republican, for 24 years-hardly an encouraging...
HOWARD'S BAG by DOUGLASS WALLOP 208 pages. Norton...
Pinocchio's nose grew longer with each fib. Howard's merely twitches in private glee at each deception. Up to this point, Douglass Wallop (The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, The Good Life) has created an amusing if implausible scoundrel and a book that makes suitable summer reading on those winter flights to Miami or points south. The problem with Howard's Bag is how to teach an old gimmick new tricks. With preposterous ease, Howard's truth-loving new secretary catches on to his secret and converts him to her own uncomfortable creed...
...step must be swift, unforced, and in itself worth hearing. The actor has to infuse his couples with a skillful variation of tone and inflection to bring this off. When he is successful, the dialogue attains the bellylaugh level and is made all the more funny with the extra wallop of an unexpected rhyme. When he falls, the dialogue lapses into dry monotony which is about as pleasurable to the audience as chewing on sand...