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...Midwest crank belt, from Oregon to Iowa, where the drug is known as the poor man's cocaine in towns that barely had cocaine in the first place, the drug arrives nonstop from every direction and by every imaginable route. Wrapped by the ounce and the pound in duct-tape eggs that can be stashed in the air vent of a car, crank comes up the interstate from California and Mexico, where it's produced in massive quantities by organized criminal gangs...
Huang recalls painful memories of the swimsuit competition. Right before she was supposed to compete, peers informed her that contestants always tape their breasts for support. Not mentioning that it is best to use medical tape, one of the other contestants threw her a roll of duct tape, which Huang used. After the competition it took her five hours to remove it from herself...
COMEBACK KIDS Microdot, a technique for reversing vasectomies, can improve a man's chances of fertility. In reattaching the 0.01-in. duct that carries sperm, doctors use a microscope and tiny marking pen to plan sutures more precisely...
...seems I am not the only one interested in this book--the cardboard cover is duct-taped in a way that suggests frequent use, consultation and study. It might be of service in harassing alumni on behalf of some Harvard fundraising organ, canvassing for a job, or doing research for a profile of a now-famous graduate. None of these legitimate reasons pertain to me, however. I'm in it for the pictures...
...Sheridan fights back. Well, at least it's more believable that track star Snipes can elude the capture of trained professionals who always seem to find a contact lens left in Grand Central but can never seem to catch him even though all he has at his disposal are duct tape and a twinkie. Oh, and a Macintosh. He's just a bit faster than the statue of Harrison Ford that has been appearing in movies billing old Hans these days, Amazing what they can do with claymation, but that's another article...