Word: batons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fabio ("Fabito") Ochoa Vasquez, 33, was the first chieftain of the so-called Medellin cartel to surrender under the terms of a decree announced by President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo last week. Ochoa is wanted in the U.S. for masterminding the 1986 slaying of federal witness Adler (Barry) Seal in Baton Rouge, La. He is also linked to drug-trafficking activities with former Panamanian leader Manuel Antonio Noriega...
...point being that the campaign has not stopped," Monad says. "This is like a long-distance relay race and they're just passing the baton to the new president...
YESTERDAY, a woman from the Alumni Office called to remind me to pick up an application for Senior Class Marshal. I told her that there must be some kind of mistake, that I had never led a parade, had no flaming-baton-twirling abilities whatsoever and would feel ridiculous wearing one of those big white hats with the gold chinstrap anyway...
Tailgate parties before L.S.U. football games are an all-day affair in Baton Rouge. Vendors set up, even for a night game, during the morning. By noon the vans are rolling in from all over the state to raise their family marquees. The vans, trucks and station wagons are traveling statements. One has a horn that bugles "Glory, glory, hallelujah" as it enters the parking area. Some are equipped with public-address systems through which the owners issue cheers, personal manifestos and invitations to join them for a drink. On the platform atop one large van, Confederate flags flying from...
...Commission for Racial Justice, is that 3 of every 5 black and Hispanic Americans live in areas with uncontrolled toxic-waste sites. Many of the most notorious dumping grounds are located in the South. Among the worst is "cancer alley," a 75-mile stretch along the Mississippi River, from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, that is lined with oil refineries and petrochemical plants. The alley's abnormally high cancer rate has prompted one health worker to call it a massive human experiment. A big mess in Chicago is the work of "fly dumpers," unlicensed truckers who collect filth from affluent...