Word: contraband
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DePoe is quick to add that he and Maher immediately disposed of the contraband...
...grant him political asylum. Ocalan and two aides were spirited to Athens on Jan. 29. Once there, Greece offered Ocalan only a bleak choice of destinations: Algeria, Morocco, Tunis or Libya. "We refused," fumes a Greek close to Ocalan. "What did they think Ocalan was, a cargo of contraband cigarettes...
...health-related measures from earlier in the year. Upon arriving at Harvard, many of us first-years were accosted on our way out of Annenberg with sandwiches. This sandwich smuggling, we were told, was dangerous because naive first years that we were, preoccupied with our studies, would forget the contraband in our pockets, only remembering to eat when it had spoiled. If that claim seemed dubious, this new beverage initiative strains credibility still further. Coffee, soda and juice do not often become toxic...
...took advantage of the design opportunities that dormitory life gave me. By my sophomore year, I had really begun to innovate. I discovered that my room could accommodate a large couch. I covered its garish pattern with a large blanket. I got a coffee table and hid a contraband DeLonghi toaster-oven in it. I never used the oven; it just made me feel subversive. I also had an oriental rug and make-shift halogen spot lights which I turned on and off with a remote control. Sometimes the seniors would steal the clicker and conduct a light show...
Then, Blondie continues, "you search the car, which you generally have no probable cause to do." The cop who finds something--guns or drugs--has two alternatives: "Lie, and testify that the guy gave you permission to search." Or say the contraband wasn't in the trunk at all, but rather in plain view. "Why sweat it?" asks Blondie. "Sure, you've fabricated the probable cause and done an illegal search, but the guy is bad, right? We do what we have...