Word: nasality
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...specific as anyone gets, it is easy to believe the whispered reports that quite a few players get a kick from cocaine, and mere alcohol doesn't thrill them at all. There probably isn't a place of affluence anywhere in sports or society where consciences or nasal passages are completely clear; and the National Basketball Association can be a particularly dreary place. "When I first came into the league in 1976," says Lucas, "the old pros told me: 'You'll be jolly and peppy for about three years, and then you'll settle into...
...Niner adoration. A record that recently arrived in the mail from home entitled, "Go Forty-Niners" blasts from our stereo system constantly. Although we tolerated almost any form of music--from opera to disco--this song has driven all of us away in despair. A cross between hokey Western nasal twanging and weak rock-and-roll, this particular fight song--coined especially for Sunday's big event--boasts cloying lyrics like, "Go Forty-Niners/Take it all the way/You can win the Super Bowl/And keep the trophy in the Bay. Houston, Dallas/Cincinnati too/You beat the best of them/And...
John Spengler, associate professor of environmental policy and a conference participant, said in an interview between presentations that concentrations of six parts per million of formaldehyde in air causes nasal cancer in rats, and that this level is "not much higher than what is found in some homes." He added that dangerous levels are not present in most buildings and are largely confined to mobile homes...
...things that comes from a few brief snorts, is often followed by a letdown; regular use can induce depression, edginess and weight loss. As usage increases, so does the danger of paranoia, hallucinations and a totally "strung out" physical collapse, not to mention a devastation of the nasal membrane (see box page 61). And usage does tend to increase. Says one initiate: "After one hit of cocaine I feel like a new man. The only problem is, the first thing the new man wants is another...
...sniffing the white powder, ensures absorption of the drug into the bloodstream through the mucous membranes. But it also constricts the myriad little blood vessels in these membranes, reduces the blood supply and dries up the nose. With repeated coke use, ulcers form, cartilage is exposed and the nasal septum can be perforated, requiring repairs by plastic surgery. (Savvy users rinse their noses with water after sniffing to wash away the irritants.) To avoid the impurities of street coke and obtain a greater jolt, more users are resorting to freebasing. After dissolving a substantial quantity of coke in an alkaline...