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...devised a plan to catch Sergeant Tarver with his hand in the cocaine jar. They planted 236 grams of coke in an unclaimed suitcase turned over to Tarver at the Houston airport. Police followed him, stopped his car and found that he had siphoned off an ounce from the stash. He was fired and charged with possession of cocaine. Tarver took the crash calmly: "I just wonder what took them so long to figure it out." At his trial, he was convicted, placed on ten years' probation and fined $10,000. He is appealing his conviction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Used What I Wanted | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

...started when the Pfluegers' water supply turned an unsavory purple, and later black. John found that woodpeckers had drilled holes in the water tank's wooden top and dropped in acorn after acorn. After he drained the tank and shoveled out their stash, about 100 Ibs. of acorns, scores of angry birds began slamming against the windows. "The birds did not seem afraid of anything," said Donna. "I'd scare them away but it didn't work." Not long thereafter, a meter reader noticed that the living-room window was smashed and called the police. Guns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For the Birds | 1/10/1983 | See Source »

...Savers program was authorized by Congress in the summer of 1981 as a 15-month stopgap measure to help banks and S and Ls attract funds. By last week, as the certificates started to mature, the biggest question in the industry was: Where would investors stash their money next? Courted by bankers who are anxious to roll over the All Savers deposits into other bank investments, and cajoled by brokers and other financial advisers who are eager to snatch the funds away, some 4 million All Savers depositors across the U.S. were bombarded through the week by telephone calls, mailgrams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amid the Money Muddle | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

...letter is fictitious. So is the answer, although Ann Landers is, in fact, a chocolate addict. So much so that the columnist to the lovelorn must banish her stash to the next room during working hours. ("I wouldn't dare keep a box at my elbow.") Confesses Landers abjectly: "I am hooked on chocolate. I crave it, and nothing else will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Ah, How Sweet It Is! | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

Patrick says he got down off the platform, let the guy have a look, and went to crash at a nearby commune of militant lesbians who kept a stash of rifles in their attic...

Author: By Charles R. Burress, | Title: The Problem With Us | 7/6/1982 | See Source »

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