Word: illicitness
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...Claire Provost ’07 says she did nothing technically illicit on the night of her arrest, when the pint-sized blonde and three like-minded students staged a protest during FBI Director Robert S. Mueller’s talk last month. Provost did nothing illegal, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t want to. “I would have loved to rush the stage,” she says. “The FBI is an inherently violent institution. It deserves to be met with a violent response...
...relatively small Dutch TV network, targets a youth audience, frequently using shock tactics. Recent shows have included on-air drug use, in an educational program on illicit substances, and a documentary in which young people facing death from incurable diseases tell about their lives and the social prejudices they encounter...
...this is not mere attention to visual and behavioral detail; it is a consummate film artist's weaving of a world and its inhabitants. Reygadas' genius is to sanctify each moment -the milking of cows and harvesting of grain, the children being washed in a stream, a sweetly illicit kiss in the woods -so that, when melodrama intrudes, it will have the power of inevitable tragedy...
...thought to be centered in the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states. The U.S. has repeatedly sought help from these countries in shutting down Iranian fronts and financial networks, but with mixed results, at best. The IISS study asserts that the UAE is a "common destination for illicit items and eventually the hub of the Khan network." It adds that Iran is one of the top recipients of non-oil exports from the Emirates, and predicts that "the UAE's relatively lax export controls will no doubt prove tempting to Iran if the international community continues to target...
...Percentage of white people ages 16 to 20 who reported driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs, compared with 10% of African Americans...