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Word: plasticizers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tiny radio transmitter in a 1982 black Jaguar used by "Tony Ducks" Corallo. In a parking lot outside a restaurant in Huntington, N.Y., on Long Island, one agent carefully opened a door, pressing the switch that would otherwise turn on the interior lights. Another helped him spread a plastic sheath over the seats so that rain would not spot the upholstery. With a stopwatch at hand, they quickly removed the dashboard, installed the bug, replaced the dash and closed the car door. The operation took 15 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitting the Mafia | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...character of Paula Armburst (Ulrike Kriener), however, is not developed to the extent that it could be. Her character is as plastic as both of the men, and aside from sex, not really important for them. Kriener, while a good actress, makes no attempt to counteract this image, but goes along with the docile portrayal of Paula the script allows...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Euro-Yuppie Male Bonding | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

...Catliff took more than just experience away from his international play--he must wear a two-foot metal and plastic brace to protect his wounded knee...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Catliff's Four Goals No Surprise | 9/23/1986 | See Source »

...check the bags at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport, where almost all diplomatic mail arrives as air freight. Eventually, provisions will be made to inspect pouches arriving by sea, train or automobile from third countries. The metal detectors, however, have one major flaw: they cannot detect whether any plastic explosives are packed in the diplomatic pouches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: What's in the Bag? | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...early as 6 a.m., the streets of Soweto were mobbed with mourners determined to bury their dead. Militant black youths roamed the sprawling township outside Johannesburg, enforcing a work stoppage that had been called to honor the 24 Sowetans felled a week earlier by police gunfire. Wielding sjamboks, or plastic whips, the young radicals chased commuters from bus stops and train stations and pelted moving vehicles with rocks. One bus was halted and burned on the spot. Security forces moved in rapidly, spraying the streets with tear gas. By 10 a.m., thousands of blacks had congregated outside the locked gates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Battle At the Burial Grounds | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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