Word: stuffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This is pretty hot stuff," declared Thomas Locke, an FBI agent specializing in narcotics. "It's so hot, it's killing people." He was referring to the growing tendency of heroin addicts to use "black tar," a smelly, dark- colored, often sticky version of the drug that is cheap, at about 20 cents per mg, and extremely potent: often 60% or 70% pure heroin. Conventional heroin, on the other hand, sells on the street at about $2.32 per mg and is rarely more than 6% pure. The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration has prepared a report citing the Mexican states...
...season made him wary enough of Triple A, let alone the National League. "I could see the hitters were much more patient, stronger too. Not only didn't they go for some of the outside hooks, they fought off a lot of the inside stuff. 'Go league by league,' Dad had said. 'By 1986 you'll get a trial.' I started to realize I was one step from the big leagues and from having to pitch to Mike Schmidt...
...such regimens, say critics, is robot virtuosity with little understanding and no lasting gain. The most reliable head start parents can provide, asserts T. Berry Brazelton, professor of pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School, in his 1985 book Working and Caring, is to back off from the pushy stuff, which he condemns as "a way for young parents to feel successful in their parenting." Says Ellen Kinberg, the Los Angeles regional director of Children's World, a day-care center with a relaxed atmosphere: "The best gift you can give your child is an extra year of childhood, because...
...hair's breadth away from merely detestable because he retains a sense of brotherly loyalty and an affectionate nature--although he does deal in very detestable and profitable muck. The real villain is Nasser's right-hand man, the fully macho Salim, who smuggles drugs and handles the rough stuff of the business...
...have heard bad rumors about the place. I trust them for minor illnesses, but for more serious stuff, I don't think I'd go," says Betty Knapp...