Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though drug abuse is most likely to make the headlines when it involves Hollywood celebrities and sports stars, the problem is also epidemic among doctors, lawyers and other professionals in high-pressure, fast-paced work environments. In the high-tech firms of California's Silicon Valley, sudden wealth has created a thirst for instant gratification and expensive highs. One former employee at a computer company tells of being the office cocaine pusher for three years. Says he: "It was made to order. I had an instant clientele--hundreds of people who worked with...
...drug abuse is not just a by-product of life in the fast lane. Drugs are also used by multitudes of blue-collar workers to relieve the deadening boredom of menial jobs. Says Miriam Ingebritson, clinical director for a St. Louis-based consulting firm that provides drug-therapy services for IBM, the Cincinnati Reds and the City of St. Louis: "Frequently we find that it is not the exhilarating high that people are looking for, but rather to escape from tedium...
...souped up to hit 30. Jim Hakeman, 66, of Sun City West, uses his new Sun Classic for shopping expeditions and visits to friends' condominiums. Says he: "It's a beautiful machine. It's the first golf cart that doesn't look like one." It is fast becoming an object of envy. Says Larry Koch, 52, who lives near the Round Hill Country Club in Alamo, Calif.: "The Sun Classic is very stylish. A dozen guys have already bought one after seeing mine...
Proponents argued that the Senate was only postponing the inevitable. Minority Leader Robert Byrd, once an opponent of the camera's eye, cited more pragmatic reasons in its favor: "The Senate is fast becoming the invisible half of Congress. We cannot hold our own with the White House and the House of Representatives when it comes to news coverage of the important issues...
While they may never be fast friends, Nicaragua and Costa Rica moved last week to ease the border tensions that threatened to destroy their already edgy relations. The two countries agreed to form a joint patrol of their 225-mile frontier to prevent clashes between Sandinista forces and U.S.-backed contras based in Costa Rica. The arrangement is designed to avoid incidents like the shooting deaths of two Costa Rican guardsmen last May, which resulted in abruptly severed diplomatic relations. Reason: San Jose blamed the violence on Sandinista troops, while Managua blamed the contras...