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Crack is the cause, police say. Certain intersections have turned into "drive-thru" cocaine marts, the scene of violent competition. Crack dealers, some as young as 13, are making up to $2,000 a day. Between sales, they smoke "fry daddies" (crack-laced cigarettes), drink "swamp juice" (gin and fruit punch) and then lash out at the buses. "It's a circus atmosphere out on those street corners," says Police Sergeant Roger Liljedahl. "They're getting high on this incredible stimulant and feeding off each other...
...have switched to high-tech crime, diverting prison products for profit. When a trailerload of cotton rolled out of the pen, its weight seemed in good order on the institution's computer records. Yet two weeks ago it was discovered that when the cotton arrived at a nearby gin, it was light by more than 90,000 lbs. The missing cotton, worth $20,000, seems to have been shipped elsewhere...
...treatment out in Iowa, but they want some help as they weave modern industry and service into the old, faltering heartland matrix of small towns and family farms. These crafty Iowans have stopped feeling sorry for themselves because of the agriculture price collapse and have begun hustling. They make gin and vodka out of surplus corn, and they are thinking about growing strawberries and snails as well as soybeans. There are deer herds in the valleys, and the pheasant population is 2 million, which is not like hogs (13.8 million) or cattle (4.6 million) or even people (2.8 million...
Connoisseurs take their martinis more seriously, and many are aghast at the corruptions being introduced to the time-honored formula: good gin, a whisper of dry vermouth and an olive. Not only is there the unspeakable vodka martini, but also a Cajun version, made with peppered vodka over crushed jalapenos; a red martini, colored with Campari; and a Japanese variation combining vodka and sake. Even the sacred, salty olive has been replaced by bacon bits and midget corncobs. Can martini bars on Rodeo Drive be far behind...
...cocktail party; when an actress begins playing the role of his mother, he breaks down and decides to leave the cast. On the third day, Bergman asks the patients to design a set for the play. One draws two doors labeled PAST and FUTURE. Another draws two glasses of gin labeled MINE...