Word: roams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stylish Italian-made shoes, $4 for a bottle of Scotch). Main reason: the government has been unable to collect customs duties for many months. Even some liquor stores are operating, though they keep their stocks hidden for fear of attracting the attention of fanatic Shi'ite militiamen who roam about looking for violations of the Islamic stricture against alcohol. Shortages of staples are rare; only severe and prolonged shelling interrupts the flow of imported goods. Housewives rush out to do their shopping early in the morning, when an unofficial cease-fire reigns; the shelling usually does not start until midday...
Stadium owners, reluctant to lose money by banning beer, have responded with an assortment of other palliative efforts. Veterans' Stadium in Philadelphia hires off-duty police to roam the stands and see that drunks are cut off. The Capital Centre in Landover, Md., provides free rides home for the inebriated, sometimes for those unwilling to go. Boston's Fenway Park no longer allows vendors to hawk beer in the stands, and set a two-beer limit at concession counters. Many parks, like Shea and Yankee stadiums in New York, stop selling beer after the seventh inning to let woozy fans...
...Sandinistas may have internal reasons for considering a change in the highly unpopular draft law. It has led to widespread draft evasion and even fights between Nicaraguans and Sandinista officials who roam the country looking for recruits. At the same time, the Sandinistas evidently feel that their armed forces, already much larger than those of any neighboring country, are at appropriate strength levels...
...Coast states have been asking the Administration to fund additional balloons, and last week it agreed to allocate $9 million to deploy three more, largely at the urging of Florida Senator Paula Hawkins. The new balloons will have a further advantage: they will be ship-tethered and able to roam over the Gulf, thus extending their search range...
...neighborhood patrol programs, residents roam their communities during high-crime periods, keeping an eye on strangers, watching rowdy youths, noting open doors or windows. They often keep in touch by citizens-band radio and report suspicious circumstances to police. Such groups, says Houston Police Sergeant J.C. Mosier, "are making a serious dent in crime. This pendulum of not wanting to get involved is swinging back...