Word: crackly
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...October summit) was drafted by France, which has made immigration reform a centerpiece of the six-month E.U. presidency it assumed on July 1. Officials rejected criticism that the accord--which calls for stiffer border controls and expulsion policies and an alignment of asylum rules--was intended to crack down on immigration. The proposal reached consensus only after certain elements, including an "integration contract" dictating immigrants' behavior, were removed. An estimated 8 million illegal immigrants reside...
...library to protest the destruction of an illegal mosque that had been built on government property. Tensions escalated when seminary students embarked on a vigilante campaign in the capital, forcing music and video shops to close down and kidnapping suspected brothel workers. For several months the government refused to crack down on the students, for fear that any action against them would ignite the wrath of religious conservatives...
...your lovers despair and the rest of your acquaintances watch furtively from the sidelines, half in awe and half in contempt." Whatever you do, don't become a wage slave, writes Dennis. "The salary begins to have an attraction and addictiveness all of its own. A regular paycheck and crack cocaine have that in common...
...through a futile war, so we keep them "functioning" longer with mind-altering meds. Yet our hypocritical culture tries to prohibit most such drugs, other than alcohol and tobacco. If the soldiers' function is to find and kill the enemy, why not treat them to khat, crystal meth and crack? Like President Reagan reportedly said of kids' addiction to computer war games, at least their reflexes would be quicker. Jon McPhee, ST. PETERSBURG...
...original plan was to pump water deep underground under high pressure, in order to crack the granites and create a path for the water to flow. Superheated by contact with the rock, the water would be pumped to the surface from a second well 1 km away, to create steam to drive a power turbine, then be pumped into the earth again...