Word: illicitly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...repeated insistence that Cuba has an "unimpeachable record" when it comes to drugs. Despite solid evidence that drug-laden planes and boats have traversed Cuban waterways and airspace for years, the Drug Enforcement Administration and other U.S. agencies have no hard proof that the Cuban government ever sanctioned the illicit traffic. By nabbing such high-level comrades in the narcotics net, Castro could not help prompting such questions as whether -- and for how long -- he had turned a blind eye to the trafficking...
Traditionally, a public servant's private life is ignored in Japan, but the Sunday Mainichi's editor in chief, Shuntaro Torigoe, argued that "the time has come to question Japanese politicians' illicit relations with women." Questioned by legislators, Uno said, "I'd rather refrain from commenting on such matters in public...
...additional part of Bush's education program ties in quite nicely to another priority on the Bush agenda--drugs. The Bush proposal includes $25 million to assist schools plagued by illicit narcotics. However, this is not enough to satisfy the administration's commitment to combat drugs. Additional plans include an end to federal plea bargains with dealers using assault rifles and an increase in mandatory sentences for drug dealers...
...introduction of eugenics into what was supposed to be a story of Sandra and Jack's illicit sexual shenanigans may seem jarring. That is Weldon's intention. Once again she has written a memorable novel about a woman who tries to be a flibbertigibbet and falls short -- collapses, in fact, between the demands of spirit and flesh into the gloriously common muddle in between...
...intrepid investigative journalist and wistful senior, I've been going to a lot of senior bars lately trying to find the source of their dubious appeal. After all, the illicit thrill of drinking when you are underage is gone if you're a senior. Three-fourths of the partygoers are not seniors, the people you presumably came to see. Conversation is impossible, and the press toward the keg of lame beer resembles a British soccer match...