My apology. Not being able to find Ruth Engs' website through the URL that Ron Roizen provided, I worked my way to it and then tried to share the URL that I had located. I did not mean to send the complete article with hypertext mark up language. My local comment: the rhythm of change varies from place to place. When I arrived in Oxford, Ohio, in 1969, teenagers could drink; in 1997 they can't legally. Yet there is more to the story. In 1969 the only form of alcohol that ANYBODY could buy in this small college town was 3.2 beer. Now there is a "state store" (actually a private agent) that sells hard liquor for off-premises consumption and many stores that sell beer and wine ditto. Also many bars and restaurants that sell all kinds of alcohol for on-premises consumption. A recent local controversy revealed a new bar that sold alcoholic drink WITHOUT a license and without police citations. I don't mean to say that the townis notably "wetter" than it had been. In 1969 it was common for faculty to serve hard liquor to guests. Today bourbon and Scotch have disappeared. David M. Fahey History Department Miami University Oxford, OH 45056-1618, USA tel. 513-529-5134 FAX 513-529-3224 e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>