Word: illicited
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Zuckerberg did not deny that his site could be used for the spread of copyrighted MP3 files, but added that the possibility did not mean that his program should be viewed as illicit...
...common. "It's required for all élite sports, and the only infraction detected thus far was for cannabis a younger player had smoked the night before," chuckles Gaffet. Still, with the average age of competitive pétanque players now at just 30, Gaffet admits the risk of illicit toking - if not veritable doping - is higher than ever. "Pétanque isn't a game of granddads anymore...
...Maria Reynolds, who was 23 when it began. In a 95page pamphlet, Hamilton confessed to the affair at what many regarded as inordinate length. He wished to show that the money he had paid to Reynolds' husband James had been for the favor of her company and not for illicit speculation in Treasury securities, as the Jeffersonians had alleged. Forever after, the Jeffersonians tagged Hamilton as "the amorous Treasury Secretary" and mocked his pretensions to superior morality...
...isolated from the rest of the city ("like Xanadu," says a British official), a suicide bombing on Thursday killed 35 Iraqis and wounded at least 138. In all, car bombs killed nearly 90 throughout Iraq last week. For some, images of the continuing carnage, the failure to find illicit weapons and now the 9/11 commission's conclusion that Iraq did not aid al-Qaeda's attack on America serve to undermine the Bush Administration's efforts to herald the establishment of a new Iraqi government as a sign that the occupation has been worth the sacrifice...
...Vegas knows all about balancing naughty and nice. In the '90s it tried to become a cleaned-up destination for families. But last year it decided to embrace its old-time illicit allure--and the free-spending adults that attracts--with an ad campaign touting the slogan "What happens here stays here." The city's rebirth as a racy entertainment locale couldn't have been better timed. "CSI really helped Las Vegas get on the map as an attractive town," says Las Vegas journalist Lonn Friend. "It's photographed in a really erotic way. The underlying ethos of this town...