Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jewett learned early on that a quick and easy fix to the student input problem was always the Council. Maybe it was better in the days when Fox got his input direct from Kirkland House--at least it was better as far as alcohol is concerned...
...first-time users-- focused on nothing but their next hit." Police in Florida have noticed increases in burglaries and armed robberies in areas where crack is sold. Says Captain Robert Lamont of the Dade County police narcotics division: "These are the crimes that can generate enough cash for a , quick fix. Then it's off to the streets to raise more cash." But robbery is not the only price society pays for crack; the state of near psychosis that heavy cocaine use produces leads easily to violence. New York City police have attributed a recent rash of brutal crimes...
...number of "rock houses" from 1,000 in 1984 to about 400 today. The business has merely moved to the streets. Teenage salesmen with rock hidden in their pockets--or sometimes their mouths--now loiter at corners and against fences. As buyers drive by slowly in cars, a quick exchange of cash for crack can take place through an open window...
...limitation of medium-range missiles. The Soviets are eager for some type of accord that Mikhail Gorbachev can point to if he joins Reagan at a summit this year. Last week they presented a draft treaty incorporating their earlier proposals for reducing medium-range weapons. Kampelman was quick to knock it down. "There was nothing new in that treaty," said the diplomat. "It was merely a formal treaty carrying out statements they had previously made...
...announcement of the findings comes at a time when drug treatments are on the rise and psychotherapists are under heavy pressure from health- insurance programs to find quick and cheap treatments that work. Though the art and experience of the therapist may be crucial to a cure, these are factors that hardly lend themselves to scientific analysis, which is one reason that the NIMH study chose talk therapies that can be packaged and dispensed relatively easily. The 18 therapists who conducted the two talk therapies were certified in those treatments after two years of training...