Word: agent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Friday's haul easily topped the previous U.S. record of more than 8,700 pounds recorded in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 1937, and surpassed the world record, a 12-ton seizure in Colombia, said DEA agent Phil Hartman...
BOSTON--A new appliance that can chill beer, freeze ice cream and cook pizza has college students clamoring, and the inventor, a former computer sales agent, crossing his fingers...
...with some kind of official misconduct. In July the incumbent, James Usry, and 13 other officials, including three council members, were charged with taking bribes. In a place where millions of dollars change hands every day, the mayor is accused of accepting a paltry $6,000 from an undercover agent to let electric passenger carts run along the Boardwalk. "This town is like an aging whore," says Carver. "Disrespect me, but give me something -- just give me something...
...once, Clancy does not paint the Soviets as the bad guys, except perhaps for one of the drug kingpin's assistants who is also a former KGB agent. And Clancy, who made no bones about his homophobia in an interview last year with Newsweek, at least took a step in the right direction this time, making a gay member of congress--a la Barney Frank--a small but important hero in his story...
...NCAA has once again been influenced by the increasing professionalization of collegiate sports. This year, it has nothing to do with agent scandals, but instead involves two rule changes in the money-making sports of football and men's basketball...