Word: drugged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ages to someone?sadvantage. Almost four years later, the results are in, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association - and as one might imagine, not many got out unscarred. Out of the 182 studied, 45 percent suffered illnesses that needed psychiatric care, including chronic depression and drug and alcohol problems. One out of every three had post-traumatic stress syndrome, replete with the sense-triggered flashbacks, angry outbursts and nightmares that were last widely seen among Vietnam veterans...
...know those airline meal carts ? the ones that bump your knees and block the way to the toilet. Well, the ones on American Airlines flights from Colombia have been carrying a lot more than just bland airline food. Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested more than 50 employees of the airline and its subcontractors in Miami Wednesday, after exposing a scheme in which drugs were concealed in the carts loaded in Colombia and then removed on arrival in the U.S. An undercover sting operation had also enticed the suspects into smuggling weapons and explosives aboard planes. Agents began investigating the smuggling...
...American has cooperated with the investigation, which involved some of its ground staff but no air crews, but it may still suffer negative publicity. Only three days ago, Colombian authorities announced that they?d smashed a drug ring which had infiltrated a company involved in the maintenance of American Airlines planes. In that case, the smugglers had transported heroin in secret compartments accessible only to technical staff. To compound its p.r. problems, American is the target of a government antitrust suit that started last May, and one of its planes crashed in June while landing during a storm in Little...
...Wilson says that talking about how her obesity and industry sexism helped derail the band in the '80s left her feeling "freed up, because once you talk about it, it can no longer eat you alive." Fabrice Morvan, half of Milli Vanilli (his partner Rob Pilatus died of a drug and alcohol overdose last year), says, "For the first time I could show who I was as a person and an artist. I felt a sense of respect...
...MANY BARGAINS, SO LITTLE TIME If you crave good deals but can't bother clipping ads, Shoppinglist.com may help. The site scans ads placed in newspapers by department, sports and drug stores in 26 metro areas from Boston to San Diego; then it picks out specials and neatly arranges them by category so you can find a deal in seconds. We thought early listings on this new site were a bit sparse, but it's still a handy shopping guide...