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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contrast, the process used to make crack is simple. Ordinary coke is mixed with baking soda and water into a solution that is then heated in a pot. This material, somewhat purer and more concentrated than regular cocaine, is dried and broken into tiny chunks that dealers sell as crack rocks. The little pellets are usually smoked in glass pipes. "Crack is a whole new ball game," says James Hall, executive director of Up Front, a Miami drug-information center. "It's an extremely compulsive drug, much more so than regular cocaine. The rush is so intense and the crash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crack: A cheap and deadly cocaine is a fast-spreading menace | 6/2/1986 | See Source »

Club members maintained a large supply of soda to give to party members after they sampled the spicy chicken and beef dishes. A native Caribbean, however, said that the food was mild by native standards. "American food is so incredibly bland," said Richard H. Drayton '86, an Adams House resident who lives in Barbados...

Author: By Mary E. Sarotte, | Title: Harvard Hosts Caribbean Fair | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...fixes abound. A visitor to the pits may notice a mechanic sprinkling baby powder on a manifold gasket to keep it from sticking next time the engine is taken apart. The makeshift caps some crews use to keep debris out of the headers may also look familiar: they're soda cans sawed in half. Finally, a newcomer will be appalled to see Garlits flip a lighted match into a pool of alcohol under his new dragster. It's a makeshift Sterno to heat up the oil pan so the engine doesn't have to start cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Old-Fashioned Ingenuity on Wheels | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

Over the years, the dining hall system has modernized its operation and offerings, growing closer to the McDonald's and Burger King fast food style service in the process. The arrival of salad bars and soda machines in the 1971-72 academic year were perhaps more important developments in this trend, even though students today generally take these staples of food service for granted...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: For Your Dining Pleasure | 3/5/1986 | See Source »

...know it, the incident occured as a result of a series of friendly pranks between my room and three friends upstairs. They came down with squirt-guns, we fought back with shaving cream. They locked us into our room by "pennying" our door, and spilled water and baking soda on my roommate as he attempted to undo the door, (after getting out the window) and we responded by pouring cologne under their door. Finally, two of my roommates decided a better joke would be to put incense under their door and smell up their room. This led to the accidental...

Author: By Michael L. Goldenberg, | Title: Ad Board Wrong in the Leverett Case | 2/13/1986 | See Source »

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