Word: paraphernalia
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...There’s nothing in the report that there was drug paraphernalia or alcohol around the bed,” Kelley said. “But when someone dies at 42, there’s got to be some sort of problem...
Death here is not morbid?it's a vibrant business. This is where the sacred and the commercial comfortably converge. The city of 2 million hosts more than 50,000 funerals a year, and shopkeepers are more likely to sell sandalwood logs, incense and tinsel garlands?the paraphernalia of death?than savory samosas. It takes about three hours to burn a body, and the cost can be prohibitive, usually starting at $200 for a modest affair. Whole streets are dedicated to the selling of shrouds and the influx of tourists has spawned a new school of opportunists. Papu, a self...
HUPD later recovered drug paraphernalia, a large flat-screen TV, two CD players, a portable DVD player, DJ equipment and 91 DVDs from his room...
...says upon returning from a trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, she sat looking at all the Bacchus-labeled paraphernalia before her and came up with the name. (The “King” part was later added at the insistence of her mother who wanted to keep the tradition of having names beginning with “K” in the family...
...overcast but humid morning. After registering at the Tanzania National Parks Office at the start of the Umbwe route, we waited as the porters divided our packs - food for six days, tents, chairs and other paraphernalia - between them. Each porter carried around 65 pounds, often balanced on their heads, while we each carried between 10 and 25 pounds in small backpacks. And then we were off. The first few hours took us on a gentle path through dense forest. The going was easy, though Michael, our guide, constantly reminded us to take it slowly and allow our bodies to acclimatize...