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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs: So Hot, It's Killing People | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...very rough handle on this contest, consider a common opponents chain. In the middle of December, the Crimson fell to Manhattan College, 81-69. Several weeks later, North Carolina embarrassed Manhattan, 129-45, in one of the worst defeats in NCAA history. And last weekend, the Tar Heels squeaked by Duke at home...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Cagers Headed for One Devil of a Time | 1/24/1986 | See Source »

...caught it and shot it in one motion," said Manhattan assistant coach Bob Dellebovi describing a Tar Heel's fluid motions during his team's loss to UNC. "There was nothing our kids could...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: No Doubt About It | 1/24/1986 | See Source »

...smelly chemical wastes rushing back up to the surface of this presumably cleaned-up site and into the Susquehanna. "There was an extremely strong odor that would burn your nostrils," said City Clerk Paul McGarry, who went to investigate after residents began phoning with complaints. "It looked like liquid tar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A Problem That Cannot Be Buried | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

Reporting on Spielberg's life and work is indeed a process of re-entering the $ world of youth, says Show Business Correspondent Denise Worrell. "Once Steven's your friend, you're one of the goonies. I heard him say to someone, 'Good friends like us will stick like tar.' That's Steven, he believes in blood brothers. He makes you think of secret childhood rites and solemn oaths of friendship." Worrell spent long hours on the set to get an inside look at Spielberg's new film The Color Purple, and his upcoming TV series Amazing Stories. She interviewed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Jul. 15, 1985 | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

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