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November 1971

Which Ones Will Land Among the Lushes?

Some people just drink. Others will be driven to drink

IT'S ALL VERY WELL for the statisticians to tell us that sixty out of a thousand drinkers will become alcoholics--but which drinkers? This sloppy method of tallying could have half the tavern population mentally plucking petals from daisies as they try to forecast their fate. Unfortunately, there's no way of telling just by looking into a person's blue eyes. But we think we do know of certain folks who are heavy odds to land among the lushes.

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