Word: drunken
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...floor below, is this: a towering partition plastered with Warhol's hot pink and green wallpaper covered with cows' heads, like an advertisement for milk gone mad. On it, in clashing hues, is the artist's portrait of Elvis, gun drawn, off register, multiplied by four like a drunken vision. He stares you down, that famously curling lip, with all the swagger and pow of Pop's sardonic message: how a world of glossy goods and superstars is way more gripping than the prayerful hum of our inner lives...
GOING UP IN SMOKE Add one more curse to the experience of a horrible childhood. A study in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association reports that adults who had experienced five or more negative childhood situations--such as abuse, divorce of parents or living with a drunken family member--were more likely to have taken up smoking. They were about five times more likely to have started smoking by age 14 than those with no childhood trauma. That's another good reason to identify and help troubled kids...
...three a.m., and Daniels weighed her desire to keep her drunken friend out of trouble against the very real risk that he might not live through the night...
...residence owned by the mayor, and made their way on to one of the glitzier hotels in the area for another concert. After a pretty high-energy show, they have chosen an encore that's a bit dreary, a bit quiet and not at all appropriate for their drunken audience, with whom they've had to compete for attention all night. The Kroks' sense of showmanship doesn't always pan out, and afterwards, Wilson explains to the group that they should always run on stage for encores as a way to keep the audience enthusiastic. It is surprising that this...
When the clock strikes 1 a.m. Grafton, Shay's and the Cellar all shut down, and drunken students stumble to the four winds. Heading towards the Kong, the Grille, Charlie's or Casablanca for one last hurrah, these students choose their destination based on desired atmosphere and invariably, hook-up potential. Although this tried and true criteria has proven to work in the past, there is now a new variable that must be added to the decision making process...