Word: runs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Last November the Brady law's "permanent" provisions kicked in, requiring dealers to run the identity of every buyer through the FBI's National Instant Check System or a comparable state system. As of July 14, the FBI's system alone had denied 50,416 attempted purchases...
...right-wing paramilitaries. Until five years ago, these rebels were happy to charge drug producers a protection "tax." But according to McCaffery, both the rebels and their paramilitary rivals are moving directly into the trade. Using the profits--and yearly payoffs from the drug lords, which, according to McCaffery, run anywhere from $250 million to $600 million--the FARC and the ELN rebels have conquered nearly 40% of the country and inflicted one defeat after another on the Colombian government. "If we could cut off their drug financing, the activities of these groups would fall to 1% of what they...
...arty sheen and mainstream aspirations. She's foraged for voices outside the media hothouse and let them vent as if they were at a dinner party (or logged on to e-mail). Physically, the magazine owes its effect to European large-format glossies like Paris-Match and Stern. A run through its pages is like watching a moving picture of short and long takes, dense alongside superficial; a centerfold of short bites about the Best Talkers up against a long essay on the joys of country life by a Manhattan denizen. It's Sesame Street for adults, designed...
Since then, the summer has been filled with a mix of taxis--mostly well worn Ford Crown Victorias, the occasional Chrysler Diplomat or Oldsmobile Delta 88 thrown into the mix. Now it all seems decidedly run-of-the-mill to me--the flagging down, giving of directions, exchange of money, offering of tip and getting a receipt...
Since then, the summer has been filled with a mix of taxis--mostly well worn Ford Crown Victorias, the occasional Chrysler Diplomat or Oldsmobile Delta 88 thrown into the mix. Now it all seems decidedly run-of-the-mill to me--the flagging down, giving of directions, exchange of money, offering of tip and getting a receipt...