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...demeanor, Dink and Drak were suspected of being in the early stages of setting up a ``primary distributorship.'' It would involve cocaine ``muled''--or smuggled--into Birmingham in regular shipments from Los Angeles. There it would be ``cooked'' into crack and finally distributed to local dealers in 1-oz. packets, or possibly even ``eight- balls'' of 18 oz. The wholesale asking price was typically $950 an ounce, though on a number of occasions--in wire-tapped conversations recorded in court documents--Q back in Los Angeles demanded that they hike prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENTREPRENEURS OF CRACK | 2/27/1995 | See Source »

...with the bloat at movie- theater concession stands, where candy bars have tripled in size since the '70s. "It's a food and utensil explosion," says Gail Frank, a professor of nutrition at California State University at Long Beach. "For a thousand years we had one glass size -- 8 oz. Then in a decade it's quadrupled in size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fat Times What health craze? | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

...bunch of guys in front of Widener were singing something from 'The Wizard of Oz,'--'Over the Rainbow,' I think," said Rebecca Edwards '98. "And in the Union right after twelve, there was a person in long-johns yodeling...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: Punches Participate in Initiation Week | 12/1/1994 | See Source »

...mouth when she is upset about an oppressive media representation, became irritating after a while. Nonetheless, the video is relatively short (one hour), fast-paced, and filled with terrific clips from movies including "On the Beach," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Breakfast at Tiffany's." "The Wizard of Oz," "Frankenstein," and "Sunset Boulevard...

Author: By Rachel E. Silverman, | Title: FLEA Circus | 11/17/1994 | See Source »

...plunged 24.89 points, to 3911.15, in heavy trading. The S&P 500 fell 3.43, to 466.85. NASDAQ stocks dropped 2.82, to 767.80. Bond prices declined, as the yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury rose to 7.90% from 7.87%. The price of gold fell five cents, to $390.95 per oz., in London trading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARKETWATCH | 10/20/1994 | See Source »

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