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Hechtman and Bankoff carried away a number of chemicals--uranium, chlorophorm, mercury, caffeine, and nitric acid, among others--that Hechtman used in experiments in his room...

Author: By Jacob Hill, | Title: Freshmen Punished for Stealing Uranium | 2/28/1987 | See Source »

...claimed to be exploring the use of animals as sexual surrogates and writing a book tentatively called How to Prevent Homosexuality in Your Children. His basement contained items of even more interest to the law: 580 grams of marijuana, illegal pills, stolen office equipment, four gallons of nitric acid, gun silencers made from automobile oil filters and Brink's security-guard uniforms used in a robbery of a Sears store. Smith was in prison for that caper when he was charged with the Reinert deaths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pennsylvania Death Trip | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...reason the U.S. Government has been in a quandary about what to do on the issue of acid-rain pollution is the widespread assumption that the cost of a cleanup would be prohibitive. Now a computer model of the economic impact of two acid-rain-control bills before Congress suggests the opposite is true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLLUTION CONTROL: A Sweet Side To Acid Rain | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

TIMES ARE tough all over. Used to be any drugged-out freak with a forged press card could peddle a kilo of dope, change his name, and catch the next flight out to the civil war, riot, or acid orgy of his choice...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: SOUND OF FURY | 2/7/1987 | See Source »

Today you can't even buy drive-thru liquor anymore. The same people who used to drop acid brewed in rat-infested basements are now concerned that their coffee isn't decaffinated properly. The closest they come to cheap thrills is buying junk bonds...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: SOUND OF FURY | 2/7/1987 | See Source »

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