Word: florida
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...acted because tens of thousands of tab- lets and capsules of MDMA are being sold on the street each month, at $8 to $20 for a 100-mg dose. The drug, which seems particularly popular with college students and young professionals, has spread from California, Texas and Florida to about 20 other states, and its use has been accelerating in the past few months. Said John Lawn, acting DEA administrator: "All of the evidence DEA has received shows that MDMA abuse has become a nationwide problem and that it poses a serious health threat...
TIME reporters interviewed scores of teenage Madonna look-alikes. Miami's Joseph McQuay sought them out at Florida concerts and found them obsessed with their idol. "From their brand of cigarettes to the mole on each upper lip, on the night of the concert they were Madonna," marvels McQuay. At a Manhattan disco frequented by the star, New York Correspondent Cathy Booth was mobbed by tulle-bedecked teenagers venting their opinions of Madonna...
While the clemency issue in Illinois was being settled last week, Governor Bob Graham of Florida was pondering the possibility of having to make an equally knotty decision: What to do about the life sentence imposed on Roswell Gilbert? The 75-year-old retired electronics engineer had been convicted of first-degree murder in the mercy killing of his wife Emily, 73. "It's awful," said Gilbert after the sentence was handed down two weeks ago. "It's the end of my life." Declared Martha Moran, 50, the Gilberts' only child: "I don't want to see my daddy...
Gilbert's conviction and draconian sentence -- he will not be eligible for parole for 25 years -- caused outrage across Florida. Pressure has been building on Governor Graham to commute Gilbert's sentence, and he has instructed his legal staff to begin researching the case...
...Florida vs. Virginia...