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...three of us boys would climb aboard the broad acreage of Bill's back and ride her down the oystershell road to the blacktop and then on to Chink's roadhouse, where we would go in by the "Colored" entrance and there, in a barroom twilight amid the stale beer and dead cigarette smells, Charles would with utmost deference approach the owner Chink and place our morning's bets on the numbers. We never bet more than 10 cents, all in pennies, money collected from Aunt Sally and Charles' mother, Leola, and from our own stash. We never won, never...
Every year the Harvard-Yale football game drums up school spirit, promotes a healthy rivalry and gives students an excuse to turn pre-game tailgates into a midday bacchanalia. But by order of Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68, the ubiquitous kegs of beer that ringed the stadium and populated the business school parking lot this year are now forbidden. Although Lewis is right to be concerned about both safety and students who become drunk and rowdy, banning kegs does not solve the problem of irresponsible drinking and might even make it worse...
...prohibits kegs but not bottles or cans of alcohol, therefore possibly compounding the problem of can- and bottle-strewn fields. Also, without easy access to beer, students bent on a buzz will be tempted to drink more of the hard liquor and punch available near the field...
...Bush's choice for director of the Office of Management and Budget? Mitch Daniels sold off wedding gifts he couldn't return, made a job applicant split the bill for a lunch interview and years ago fished coins from a tavern toilet to pay for a pitcher of beer. Even as a millionaire drug-company executive, he buys suits off the rack and golfs at the Indianapolis, Ind., club with the lowest dues...
...matters as the rivalry that developed between him and Venter. In an effort to heal that breach, Collins now says that he considers Venter to have "been a stimulant in a very positive way." At the same time, he acknowledges, "we'll never find ourselves going out for a beer on Friday nights just for the heck of it. We're different people; we're wired in a different...