Word: bayous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...state that fought tooth and nail against the federal government's effort to raise the drinking age to 21, a state that required schools to give equal time to creationism, a state that until last winter outlawed Sunday hours for stores. It is as if the state of bayous and alligators, of Mardi Gras and hurricaines, spoke a language incomprehensible to other Americans...
...heroes was David Hall, an agent who went undercover for nearly ten years in the swamps and bayous of the South. Hall would get to know the locals and start buying alligator hides from traders; at one point, he operated a tanning factory for more than a year. "The big traders would bring their skins to me in 18-wheel trucks," says Hall, "and we'd bust them on the spot. I know the real Crocodile Dundees, and I've arrested about half of them...
That may be adequate for Boston's yuppies. But if y'all pride yourselves on being daring and, adventurous, then discover what Cajun really is. Go to its source--the bayous of Louisiana...
...whether y'all make it down to the bayous for Mardi Gras or wait until Spring Break, y'all are guaranteed a taste of the Old South and a shot...