Word: addiction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perfectly reasonable for the U.S. to consume energy as lavishly as it did. But when oil demand scraped up against the limits of easy supply in the early 1970s and the OPEC producers began raising prices to levels previously unimagined, the importing nations were as helpless as an addict hooked on cheap heroin...
...happy times for jazz musicians, and the surviving Kansas City jazzmen have learned how to deal with the disappointments of the intervening years; when they get together, they share joy, humor, and open affection. Jazz fans already know about the tragedies of Kansas City--how Charlie Parker died an addict, destitute and disillusioned at 35, how a disastrous gig with the U.S. Army ravaged Lester Young's unique and delicate personality. Bitter recollections of these stories would not touch anyone not already familiar with them...
Paul shakes his head, a political addict who cannot understand why the rest of the town is not as hooked as he is. Vasilios is among the few in Farmington who make an effort to understand what a candidate represents. Reagan is popular because his ideology is "good old American," the Greek says, with more than a twinkle in his eye. In Farmington, Reagan stands for "the continued stand of the U.S. as an aggressive power and the halt of Communism...
...Appeals judge. Though the rule is sex-blind in principle, men seldom win custody in the 10% of the cases that go to court. "The courts are prejudiced against fathers," insists Leonard Kerpelman, a Baltimore lawyer who champions fathers' rights. "Unless the mother is a prostitute, a drug addict or a mental defective, she is automatically assumed to be the better qualified to have custody...