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...more offenders than it can handle. "Some officers are coming to the point of being totally frustrated with the court system," says Lieut. Lamont. "Even for large amounts of cocaine, we're seeing a revolving-door kind of system where there's no fine, no sentence, no slap on the wrist." Lamont and other honest policemen are aware that some fellow officers, not to mention high-standing community members, may be making big money from cocaine. The scenario of a defense attorney being paid off in cocaine and a judge being a dealer? Lamont nods. "The corruptibility factor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cocaine: Middle Class High | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

Smith agreed. Said a Pentagon aide: "Weinberger found it simply inconceivable that an Air Force officer could betray strategic weapons secrets and get away with just a slap on the wrist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Titan Turnkey | 6/15/1981 | See Source »

Keep in mind that the aforementioned nonsense consumes all of about seven minutes, and the pace never lets up. The plot becomes increasingly intricate, demanding several rapid costume changes. But for all its potential for--and occasional use of--slap stick, What the Butler Saw becomes a fascinating Black Comedy. Joe Orton takes a grim view of the psychiatric wall-paper we all use to cover our infirmities and our sins. With a uniformly excellent cast, the play transcends its tenor of cocktail-party chatter...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: The Butler Does It--Well | 4/28/1981 | See Source »

...Brown lead to one in the game's final 12 minutes. on goals by Rich Rainaldi and Rich Doyle. but Harris clicked for the hat trick at 3:56 on yet another Shay assist and Bruin Angelo Bobosco converted a pretty Pendergast save into an even prettier slap-it-out-of-the-air goal to close out the scoring...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: Laxmen Fall to Bruins 11-9 | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

ROYAL PALMS ALWAYS look mangy in Los Angeles--like furry, drooping tarantulas. They are hugely out of place. There's never been anything tropical about L.A., and no matter how many improbable pastels they slap down on the stucco bungalows, it will always remain a splayed, urban steamvat...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Knock, Knock | 4/11/1981 | See Source »

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