Word: shipments
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...field director, I knew we would never be able to distribute 10,000 videos in a week, but, filled with the hubris of youth and afraid to admit weakness, I mumbled something implying that we could get 10,000 videos to primary voters before election day. When the first shipment of videos arrived a few days later, I still hadn’t figured out how to get them out the door. By our next campaign event, I was certain we were going to have 9,000 paperweights when the election was over. I had brought a box of videos...
...their journey to Yorke. Based on Thursday Island, Leeman has joined the crew of the Hervey Bay to intercept a 10-kg cargo of cannabis. A week ago, a cross-border patrol of P.N.G. waters by Botany Bay (carrying law-enforcement agents from both countries) produced intelligence about the shipment, the name of a suspected importer, and the likely drop-off time; the Yorke funeral provides a cover for the smugglers, hence the ocean checkpoint. As Leeman, Homer and Page are drying off on the deck after the rescue, a banana boat holding what appears to be two men scoots...
...missiles to an Iranian arms dealer in exchange for help in obtaining the release of hostages. Did Reagan, who had repeatedly declared he would make no deals with Iran or terrorists, agree to this one? McFarlane later testified that he did. Reagan said he couldn't remember. After a shipment of missiles (and one hostage released), the Iranians demanded more. Prompted by CIA Director William Casey and by McFarlane's successor, John Poindexter, Reagan signed a "finding" that this otherwise illegal deal was necessary for national security, but he did not inform Congress, as required...
...plenty of evidence that brand-name drugs are not always what they seem. In the raid, Chinese police working with investigators for U.S. drug manufacturer Eli Lilly discovered 40,000 little blue "Viagra" pills, knockoffs of Pfizer's erectile-dysfunction treatment, sealed in plastic bags and ready for shipment, according to Eli Lilly officials. Also seized were 750,000 tablets that were imitations of sexual-dysfunction drugs Cialis and Levitra, the former marketed by Eli Lilly and the latter by Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline...
Yesterday, the Coop stocked its shelves with 167 copies and expected a shipment of 300 more later in the afternoon...