Word: illicitly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were annoyed by the warning, many say they saw Salovaara's call as a necessary clarification of a confusing rule. According to Adam J. Fratto '90, who is directing The Foreigner, there was "a lot of misinformation floating around" about the rule. But he adds that Salovaraa stopped the illicit calling "before it became much of an issue...
Rhino horn is not actually horn but densely compacted fibers of keratin, a protein found in hair and fingernails. Importing it is illegal in most countries, but an illicit $3 million-a-year trade flourishes in the Middle East and eastern Asia, where dealers pay $450 per lb. wholesale for the stuff. (One large animal can yield 10 lbs. of horn.) It is a myth that the horn is used as an aphrodisiac. In the Far East it is ground into traditional medicines that supposedly reduce fever and stop nosebleeds. It is also coveted in North Yemen, where...
Zimbabwe has launched a last- ditch war to save the black rhinoceros and shut down an illicit trade in rhino horns...
...street near the central railroad station where few residents walk after dark, peddlers sidle up to passersby, within sight of policemen patrolling in pairs. On Dam Straat, Amsterdam's other notorious drug row, a span over a placid canal dubbed the "pill bridge" served as the main bazaar for illicit prescription narcotics until police cracked down recently...
...Senate Foreign Relations Committee, denounced Pakistan for "breaking its commitments and flouting U.S. laws." Representative Dante Fascell of Florida, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has asked the Administration to suspend military portions of the aid package until Pakistan shows that it is not involved in illicit attempts to obtain nuclear materials. And an appropriations subcommittee has already voted to suspend a small portion of the aid. Many analysts believe congressional action will end there, since awareness among the lawmakers of the larger geopolitical issues is likely to temper a more draconian response to Pakistan's less than cooperative...