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...expression in the late 1970s when the cocaine business came to town. The coca plant, from which the substance is derived, grows best not in Colombia but in Bolivia and Peru, where the leaves are made into a rough paste. But turning the paste into the white powder that foreigners consume in such prodigious quantities requires laboratory facilities and technical skills. Medellin had them, as well as convenient proximity to the huge U.S. market and a work force willing to take risks. "There has always been an entrepreneurial spirit in this city," says Jaramillo. "These people found...
...crowd jeered, "Down with Noriega! Get out, and let us eat!" When passing motorists blared their horns in approval, riot police poured from trucks bearing the painted image of Doberman attack dogs. Then from the side of the road rolled a truck hauling two water cannons inexplicably emblazoned with powder-blue Smurfs...
...cartel, operating through a wide network of associates, controls a tightly organized enterprise. Coca leaves are grown mostly in Peru and Bolivia, where they are turned into a thick paste. The paste is shipped to processing laboratories, most of them in Colombia, where it is converted into the powder that drug users, especially in the U.S., consume. Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama and the Bahamas are among the favored transshipment points. Profits are usually laundered in Panama and invested...
...years ago, Harvard delivered a similar humiliation to RPI. The Crimson put spiders in the Engineers' soup. Harvard put itching powder in RPI's jocks. Two years ago at Bright, it was Harvard...
...lost confidence in today's ball-players. They project a different image. All of the "Babes" and "Wizards" of yesterday are gone. Today's stars should have different nicknames, like "Cocaine" Keith Hernandez and Dave "White Powder" Parker. Today's heroes are artificially stimulated--apple pie and hot dogs just aren't enough to produce greatness anymore...