Word: powdering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The penalty for crack possession will remain markedly more severe then that for holding an equal amount of cocaine after the Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to the law. According to current federal guidelines, it takes 100 times more cocaine powder than crack to draw the same 10-year minimum sentence for drug dealing. Because crack is more prevalent in poor, predominantly black inner-city areas, an appeal by a consortium of attorneys (including Johnnie Cochran) argued that the law unfairly targets blacks, while letting suburban whites--the primary consumers of powder cocaine off with...
...Mojave last week, however, nothing went quite according to plan. The desert's talcum-powder-like dust played havoc with the computers' fans and trackballs. The sky was so full of electronic communications that conventional radio messages couldn't get through. And even though the rules of engagement barred OPFOR from trying to jam EXFOR's electronics, time-consuming glitches bedeviled the high-tech team. "There's so much information coming through that the computers are locking up and we have to reboot," said Oaks. He also complained about the 30 minutes he had to spend offline every time...
...Francisco that served the sort of fresh-fruit drinks sometimes called smoothies, and I noticed that the add-ins you could get in your smoothie (most of them for an extra 50[cents]), were listed as follows: "spirulina, bee pollen, brewer's yeast, calcium, ginseng, lecithin, protein powder mix, vitamins & minerals, and wheat germ." In Kansas City, people would pay a lot more than 50[cents] to have any of those things removed from whatever they were eating and replaced with Betty Lucas' chicken batter...
...Like powder after a shower? Save it for your feet. Research suggests that applying powder or deodorant spray to the genital area can increase a woman's risk of OVARIAN CANCER. The worst offender: the sprays, which may up the odds...
...installation consists of an anteroom where visitors take off their shoes and socks and a U-shaped main room filled with six tons of talcum powder. A single candle placed around the corner from the entrance provides the only light in the dark, dusty chamber, which is filled with the bitter smell of natural gas. Although the work's title warns of an impending explosion, made plausible given the smell, exposed flame and ankle-deep powder covering the floor, the piece seems unable to provoke anxiety in its visitors. It's just too sexy...