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Word: rocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...former rock-'n'-roll groupie and longtime drug abuser, Smith was reportedly adept at living off the money and drugs of others. Belushi had plenty of both. In his biography of the actor, Bob Woodward wrote that Belushi, as part of his movie contract, received a $2,500-a-week stipend, which he understood to be his drug allowance. Smith is believed to have been the last person to see the comedian alive after a five-day binge that ended with her injecting him with a series of speedballs, powerful mixtures of cocaine and heroin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merchants of Misery | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...ROCK HUDSON: HIS STORY, Hudson and Davidson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Best Sellers : Sep. 15, 1986 | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

Maybe so, but a growing number of people seem to be willing to suck into their lungs the smoke from cocaine in a far more powerful form known variously as base, baseball, gravel, rock, roxanne and, more commonly, crack. Crack is cocaine boiled down (it makes a cracking sound when heated) into crystalline balls that can be smoked. "Crack is like throwing gas on the cocaine fire," says Manhattan Special Prosecutor Sterling Johnson. A gram of coke costs about $100, but two beads, or pea-shaped pieces, of crack go for $10, enough to guarantee a single user...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Crusade | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...finally be trying to kick its habit, but other countries around the world are just getting hooked. Like blue jeans and rock 'n' roll, America's drug culture has been exported to European and Asian youth. Although statistics are hard to come by, drug use seems to be expanding worldwide, especially in the countries that export drugs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Crusade | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...Bronsart, who you probably never heard of. I don't know anything about him. A lot of the unknown composers wrote good music. That's why I have the listeners." Actually, Geller has given more than music to Gloucester. He is not Magic 106.7, or Johnny Dark on Quality Rock 103, but the voice of home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Massachusetts: Giving Music | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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