Word: patch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Here's a pop quiz sure to make libertarians quiver. Which of the following items cannot be acquired without special permission: a carton of Lucky Strike nonfilters, a liter of grain alcohol, handcuffs, a hypodermic needle or (hint, hint) a nicotine patch...
...problem is exquisitely inconceivable. After spending millions of dollars coaxing hundreds of thousands of smokers into making one of the most difficult decisions of their life, the three U.S. patch distributors failed to produce enough to go around. Recent quitters, a high-strung group in the best of times, suddenly found themselves in an unnerving game of musical patches. "It's like a suicide hot line with a busy signal," says Jan Westmier, a former self-described chimney from Berkeley who finally got a supply of patches last month. Seattle carpenter Robert Gould just gave...
...these days, the most unmistakable sign of summer is the sticky residue on every bald patch of open land in the greater Harvard area. Sure, the grass looks great now. But a month ago, any part of the Yard not under a building was drenched in blue-green chemicals. Harvard was like a gigantic poster child for the Rio conference...
PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS. Once disdained as a relic of the New Deal, the idea of hiring the poor, at least temporarily, to plant trees or patch potholes is gaining among conservatives. Grudgingly aligning themselves with many liberals on this issue, they have concluded that there simply are not enough private jobs available during times of slow economic growth, and that the benefits to the poor, in work experience and dignity, would outweigh the costs...
...circus children live in an extended family of adults and are sometimes given bit parts in the show. Living on the road, exposed to big crowds and strange cities, they must grow up faster than most of us. On a patch of asphalt in front of the Winnebago, Romanos has sketched out hopscotch squares. "This," she says, "is their playground...