Word: contraband
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...scenes reminiscent of Britain's infamous trade of stolen gadgets in pubs, furtive traders today knock at the backdoor of upscale restaurants offering a new contraband: caviar. London's hordes of Russian oligarchs and hedge-fund yuppies have sent demand soaring for "black gold," with top varieties such as Beluga now selling for over $3,000 a kilo, whilst the rarest varieties, such as Almas ($50,000 per kilo), whose eggs are white, have a four-year waiting list. The soaring demand for sturgeon roe has created lucrative opportunities for "caviar cowboys," who sell illegally smuggled caviar to unscrupulous chefs...
...Mercer’s lines “Been alone since you were 21 / You haven’t laughed since January” with a shot of keyboardist Marty Crandall in a pine tree costume diving into a moving van filled with stolen balloons. The band takes their contraband to an idyllic field where they release the orange balloons that match their jumpsuits—shallowly symbolic, but forgivable. The imprisoned balloons are gleefully liberated into the air just as Mercer sings “Give me your hand / And let’s jump out the window...
Madison argued that he had been driven to fight by British "outrages" against American shipping. The British navy was stopping American vessels on the high seas, seizing goods it defined as contraband and sailors it defined as British deserters. But America had its own imperial dreams: the war's supporters were nicknamed war hawks because of their constant birdlike calls for "Canada, Canada, Canada." Former President Jefferson thought conquering Canada would be "a mere matter of marching." Federalists were appalled. Gouverneur Morris, the peg-legged ladies' man who had drafted the Constitution, declared that a war of choice fought...
...Civilizations Eileen C. Chow, said that Hallyu is hardly a panacea for regional hostilities, and that the medium’s wide circulation reinforces South Korean nationalism. Hallyu TV dramas are so popular in North Korea that border guards are being rotated to prevent them from dealing in contraband recordings, Jung-Sook Park said. She added the Pyongyang elite is only about two days behind South Korean audiences on its favorite soaps. Jin-Young Park struck a very different note as he began his presentation. “What’s up, guys...
...sending more soldiers and armaments over there, let's send more politicians. We have lots of them left over from the last election. We even have ex-congressmen who are in jail for corruption and still drawing hefty pensions. They would be more useful in Iraq checking trucks for contraband. It takes a thief...