Word: apc
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shula: A heated golf cart for the APC playoff road...
Phenacetin -- the common term for the compound acetophenetidin -- is best known as the P in so-called APC pills, the now discontinued pick-me-ups that also contained aspirin and caffeine. Although phenacetin is still available primarily by prescription in some European nations, including Germany, Belgium and France, it has been banned in the U.S. since 1983 because of its suspected links to anemia and kidney disease...
...midafternoon by now, and we want to find out what has happened back in the square. We discover an astonishing sight: the army lines have been pulled completely back. The square is packed with Tadzhiks listening to their leaders addressing them through a microphone from atop a Soviet army APC. From Tadzhiks in the street we learn that the rattled authorities have agreed to halt lethal confrontations with the angry crowds. "The people demand the resignation of the government!" shouts one speaker. Others call for an end to the sale of pork in public markets, the punishment of soldiers...