Word: doped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...symbolism enthusiasts there is also the array of stark American icons: sacks of dollars, sacks of dope, Los Angeles, rugged individualism, General Motors; the Mob, the FBI, a world famous fashion model, wheels and deals, movie stars, an All-America's daughter. Any graduate student...
...best seen as a canny survivor's notice of current determination and future availability. It would be pleasant to think that what Bartel did for love could be redeemed for money, and a chance next time to make it his way a bigger way. Like the Old Dope Peddler in Tom Lehrer's song, Bartel should do well by doing good. -By Richard Corliss
...There you will find no teachers, only agents; no exams, only screen tests; no graduation, only the picking up of options. The boys are feral carnivores out of The Blackboard Jungle; the girls are pert Circes out of a sophomore's wet dream. The nice guys surf, smoke dope and screw around; the bad ones torch autos, walk with a surly Gestapo swagger and carve their initials in the nearest human flesh. There is never a dull moment, never a suspension of disbelief, never a security guard around when the rowdies are methodically tearing the place down. Everybody...
...almost unbelievable but reasonably documented $1.5 billion at retail, led the list. Hawaii was second; its $750 million crop rivaled the sugar-cane and pineapple harvest in value. In Oklahoma, the $350 million harvest ranked just behind wheat. In Kentucky and Tennessee, each with a $200 million yield, dope growing has replaced moonshine as the favorite illicit enterprise. Harvesting of this year's crop begins in August and September, and experts predict a bumper yield. Says Bill Keester of the Oklahoma state police: "We've had a lot of rain, and we're blessed with good crops...
...when I've been here 13 months and I have eight children at home who are starving to death because I can't provide for them?" Said Alan Pierre, 23: "We didn't invade the United States, we didn't carry dope, yet we are treated worse than dogs...