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Crack, a smokable form of cocaine, is a drug that might have been designed for use on the job. It is easy to conceal, since it burns with virtually no odor, and the gratification is swift: an intense, almost sexual euphoria that lasts only about five minutes and is not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Plague Without Boundaries | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

So far, most oil companies have seemed more eager to denounce the alternative fuels than to develop new products. Mobil has run ads attacking methanol as polluting, expensive and more dangerous than gasoline if accidentally swallowed. Although the fuel produces far fewer smog ingredients than gasoline, it releases more formaldehyde...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yearning To Breathe Free | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

Purists could gripe about the field's springy artificial turf, which produced unpredictable bounces, carried through-passes out of bounds and left players on both sides with painful rug burns.

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Eagles Claw W. Booters, 3-1 | 10/4/1989 | See Source »

Junior midfielder Sue Carls admitted that the turf is unpopular, especially when it rains. Don't worry, though. To prevent rug burns, Carls said Harvard players would wear Spandex and spread Vaseline on their legs.

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: M. Booters to Take on UConn | 10/3/1989 | See Source »

The House Judiciary Committee, in a quarrelsome session, voted 28-6 for a statute that says, "Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, burns or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Panel Passes Flag Protection Bill | 7/28/1989 | See Source »

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