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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Epadu contains about 40% less active alkaloid than the more common coca variety cultivated in the Andes and yields less pure cocaine per kilo. But it costs the trafficker 60% less to buy and can sprout as many as 30 shoots, often very rapidly. "It's easier to grow than any other crop in the Amazon," says a U.S. embassy official. Brazil has also begun to master the more advanced stages of the trade. Last fall alone, twelve Brazilians were caught in the act of carrying cocaine to the U.S. Shipments of illegally imported processing chemicals have also been intercepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting the Cocaine Wars | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...real standout as the snippity angel who makes her entrance in enough gold lame to redo the State House dome, and who secretly longs to have. "The Devil in Me." Strong performances as well come from Anita Mann and Lou Suffer, proving once again that evil is easier to imitate than is virtue...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: Taking in a Show--Or Two | 2/20/1985 | See Source »

Cornell, pumped up from a victory over fourth place Dartmouth the day before, wasn't in the mood to make things any easier for the Crimson...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Big Red Derails Icewomen, 2-1; Harvard's Ivy Hopes Demolished | 2/19/1985 | See Source »

...football fails this test of non-ratings-based "merit." The players might have "Veritas" emblazoned on their spunfenes but Harvard Football hardly more more educational than the kind practiced by schools with easier admissions criteria. And there are plenty of these higher powered games duly broadcast their cheir Saturday by the big three networks. From the football fan's point of view, the Oha States and ECIA As of the world play football better than the Harvards and Yales. That's not a mark against anyone, that's just the way it is With all due respect to Joe Restic...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: Ivy On The Air | 2/19/1985 | See Source »

Nadkarni agreed. "Despite a few mental lapses we're playing a lot smoother," he said. "Passing is improving, which helps the setters. And when the setting is better, it's easier...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spikers Rebound, Beat MIT, 3-2, Club Match Builds Confidence | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

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