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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...coke glut could last until late 1984, and possibly into 1985. High-grade coke started flooding South Florida last spring, after illegal Colombian coca plantations seeded four years ago started bringing in four crops annually, double those produced in Peru and Bolivia, where coca is grown legally. Colombian smuggling groups anticipated the record crop by upping the refining capacities of their labs. "They've overproduced, like General Motors turning out too many Chevrolets," says Nehrbass. Coke's wholesale price in Colombia has fallen from $22,000 to $9,000 in the past year. To reduce inventories, drug wholesalers...
...Marielitos. Still others-usually the criminals and sociopaths of Castro's prisons and asylums-resorted to crime, helping to make "Marielito" for many a catchword for terror. Typically, the Mariel misfits are young men between the ages of 18 and 34, unemployed, with the equivalent of a ninth-grade education and a history of emotional and mental problems. Many wear tattoos made from colored toothbrushes melted down in prison. Some of the designs, hidden in the webbing between the thumb and forefinger, are emblems of criminal specialties: Madre and an arrow for murder, a star under three vertical bars...
...child-abuse problem is to teach younger children to recognize that what is happening to them is not normal. Children do not know the anatomical terms, of course, but when given dolls with genitalia, they can point out what happened. Some school districts invite child-abuse specialists into lower-grade classrooms to teach the difference between a "good touch" and a "bad touch." Theatrical groups present plays that make the same points in a gentle...
Suspect Dean, who maintains his innocence, is currently being held in isolation on $250,000 bail. He faces life imprisonment if convicted on charges of kidnaping, burglary and sodomy. Meanwhile, a grand jury is looking at the evidence against Williams. A softspoken, Bible-quoting man with a tenth-grade education, Williams is confident he will be vindicated. Said he: "God is on my side, and God looks out for his people...
...been a saver since the fourth grade, I read with interest your article on the growing demand for a consumption tax [July 18]. I am sick and tired of a society that penalizes those like me who are thrifty. Worse, our nation's lawmakers reward my fellow citizens who indulge in big spending frivolities by not slapping them with a consumption tax. Our politicians should face up to the need for restructuring our tax system. It is no wonder that the middle class finds foreign bank accounts more and more appealing...