Word: illicitness
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...cooperation low marks and complained that Iraq had shown no "genuine acceptance" of full disarmament. That played beautifully into the Administration's fundamental argument that even if inspectors had all the time in the world, they would never prove a match for Iraq's cunning efforts to conceal its illicit arsenal...
...before class. These negligent students will be a particularly good revenue source to support the program. The money collected from fines can be used to set up and enforce the new cell phone rules, and perhaps even give incentives in the form of rewards to informants who spot illicit cell phone use in the hallways of Lamont...
...Bush's indictment of Saddam's brutal character and sins is old news and want to know: What's so dangerous about Iraq today that only war can save us from? Most don't share Bush's obsessive conviction that he already "knows" Saddam Hussein is hiding stockpiles of illicit biological and chemical weapons and is close to obtaining a nuclear one. Of course, many Europeans suspect Saddam has dangerous stuff; they understand the arguments that he is a bad guy who may do worse things some day. Yet the forbidden weaponry turned up so far is pretty tame...
Young patrons of the lounges agree that part of the hookah's charm lies in its illicit associations. "It looks illegal," says Gypsy customer Armen Piskoulian, 18, with a grin, sucking on his hookah with the insouciance of the blue caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland, "but it's not." Others say it's not just stoner chic that has made the hookah a hit with the collegiate crowd. Post-9/11 headlines have also played a part. "They're hearing about Middle East this and Middle East that," says the Habibi's Mickey Fathi. "They can come here...
...anywhere." In Italy, too, tension is high after restrictive anti-illegal immigration laws came into effect last year that make it obligatory for police to detain anyone without proper papers. The crackdown limits the possibility for immigrants to begin building a life for themselves, and "forces some into illicit activity, like producing false documents, that offers support to terrorist organizations," says a Bologna prosecutor involved in terrorism investigations. "Immigration doesn't mean terrorism. Of course, the terrorist can take advantage of this movement and hide himself within the thousands of upstanding immigrants." Separating legitimate immigrants from would-be terrorists...