Word: crackings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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James is a brave writer, and he pushes his stereotypes to grotesque limits. At an all-Black school, for example, "throngs of students congest the corridor smoking resinous Rasta spliffs, snorting smack from tiny, waxed-paper sacks; drinking pints of Wild Irish Rose; sucking tubes of crack; fighting with razors; firing pistols; dry-humping each other against lockers; hawking stolen goods; miscarrying half-formed fetuses; singing gospel; and wailing the blues...
Washington decided to crack down last month. CIA Director Robert Gates visited King Hussein at his Aqaba retreat on the Red Sea to remind him of his responsibilities. It was an appropriate venue for the mission; the bulk of the illegal cargoes that are eventually trucked into Iraq enter Jordan via ships docking at Aqaba. Confronted with the CIA'S evidence of cross-border smuggling, however, Hussein has finally ordered officials to stop the trade. Truck traffic from Jordan to Iraq has since declined by a third. In Amman last week, Secretary of State James Baker acknowledged a "reduced leakage...
Love or loathe the album's characters, they are easily recognizable and convincingly presented -- everyone from the sweet-talking phony on Caffeine and the suffering farmer in Smaller and Smaller down to the drug-slinging kingpin in Crack Hitler. That's what makes Angel Dust poignant, blistering and nightmarishly real...
Much of this is posturing and requires no more courage than it takes to stand up in a VFW hall and condemn communism or crack. Yes, Cop Killer is irresponsible and vile. But Ice-T is as right about some things as he is righteous about the rest. And ultimately, he's not even dangerous -- least of all to the white power structure his songs condemn...
Director of Financial Aid James G. Miller said yesterday he believe the IRS intended to crack down on students who violate tax laws...