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...want of a letter m, David Burling, 19, is a free man. On trial in Hastings, Neb., last week for possession of with the intent to deliver 49 capsules of the psychoactive drug Ecstasy, Burling was acquitted on largely lexicological grounds. The state legislature misspelled the drug's chemical name when it passed the bill that outlawed it in 1986. Thus Burling could not be convicted of possessing the substance specified by the lawmakers. The correct spelling is methylenedioxymethamphetamine, not ) methylenedioxyethamphetamine as the law had it. Next time they ban a drug in Nebraska, they'd better consult a pharmacological...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs: It's Ecstasy - with an M | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

...races which Democratic challengers should win are in Nebraska and Nevada. Sen. David K. Karnes (R-Neb.) who was appointed to the post following the death of Sen. Edward Zorinski, is trailing popular former Gov. Robert Kerrey by a significant margin. And Sen. Chic Hecht (R-Nev.), who was voted one of the least effective senators by Washingtonian magazine, and was considered a re-election long-shot from the start, will probably fall to Democratic Gov. Dick Bryan in a close race...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: A Day at the Races | 10/27/1988 | See Source »

Republican Quayle and Democrat Bentsen were flying to Omaha, Neb., the site of tonight's debate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bentsen, Quayle Plan Debate Strategies | 10/5/1988 | See Source »

Bentsen and Quayle plan to hold their only debate of the campaign on Oct. 5 in Omaha, Neb. Dukakis and Bush will meet again Oct. 13 or 14 in Los Angeles for their final debate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bush, Duke Return to Campaign Trail | 9/27/1988 | See Source »

...forget the field trip to Omaha, Neb...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Class on Nuclear War Offers Trip to Omaha | 9/22/1988 | See Source »

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