Word: illicited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trial of Eugene Hasenfus began. Escorted by six guards, the jeans-clad ex-Marine glumly made his way to a seat before the People's Tribunal. For the next 80 minutes, Tribunal President Reynaldo Monterrey read the list of charges: terrorism, violation of public security, conspiracy to commit illicit acts. As Monterrey droned on, it became clear that more was at stake than the fate of Hasenfus, who was captured ferrying weapons to U.S.-backed contra rebels after Sandinista troops shot down an American ! Fairchild C-123K cargo plane over Nicaragua three weeks ago. The prosecution would attempt...
...Richard Snee) and Angie (Carroll Goldfarb) have hit upon the bright idea of using a golf course to carry out their illicit love affair; for "seventeen glorious Sundays," the pair have made love on succeeding holes. With lines like "ooh, I love it on the back nine," Angie chases and pants over Don; he, for the most part, brushes her off and plays hard to like...
...estimate by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of those who have used cocaine within the previous month, among them many who take the drug only occasionally or are trying it for the first, and perhaps last, time. Said Weisman: "The figures for alcohol abuse dwarf those of all illicit drugs." Taking a swipe at his own employer, he added, "Nor are drugs, as U.S. News & World Report puts it, 'the nation's No. 1 menace.' Not while we still have poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, malnutrition, murder, and the Soviet Union...
...nation's cultural values and attitudes make it unlikely that the problem will ever be erased by even the most concerted Government crusade. The freedom inherent in American society assures that people will always be able, and often willing, to pursue their desired indulgences, however illicit. A society filled with wealth and the ability to consume, along with failure and despair, provides a ripe market for the world's drug supply, which will always exist as long as there is the demand for it. Experts point to other deep-seated causes that produce a continued national craving for drugs: lack...
According to ABC News, the illicit broadcast was the work of an underground group called the Flag of Freedom. After videotaping Pahlavi in exile, the outfit apparently smuggled the tape and a transmitter into Iran, then overrode normal broadcast signals. Since the death of the Shah in 1980, Pahlavi has asserted his intention to return to his father's throne...