Word: toker
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...clearing my throat, feet independently pushing my just-awakened body into the glare of the corridor. I thought I'd probably heard wrong. A "token black" maybe-some gang member pushed off the platform? Or a marijuana smoker (as in Steve Miller's famous line, "I'm a midnight toker")? The jargon varies by hospital and, like all residents, I strove...
...minority women in ornate, outsize headgear wander the periphery and look on curiously; sanitation workers move through the crowd picking up garbage with chopsticks. I catch only one whiff of dope smoke?surprising, considering that cannabis grows wild all over Yunnan. But the cops just downwind from the lone toker don't seem to notice. They, and the helmeted security guards in front of the stage, nod to the beat?some even take furtive photos and risk the occasional fist-pump...
...last night's meeting of the Law SchoolCouncil, a student government organization,members decided not to advise the two sectionleaders, Anne S. Toker and Chase J. Sanders,whether or not to honor the request by the dean'soffice for the handwritten forms...
...Evren, 65, has cracked down, sometimes harshly, on journalists, academics and cultural personalities who have expressed even mild opposition to the government. The measures have raised fears that the military leaders of NATO's easternmost member may renege on their pledge. Says the often pro-government columnist Metin Toker: "Whatever they do, it will not create an atmosphere in which democracy can function smoothly...
Carlin harbors no intentions of decaying, of joining the Show Biz Kids in Hollywood by the swimming pool and the shapely bods. The wiry Irish class clown and streetcorner toker from White Harlem still enjoys visiting his mother in the old neighborhood, and seems to gain perspective on his life as he ages. Soon his funny beard will turn gray--and age and eternity aside, it is painful to imagine that Goerge Carlin will become a prisoner of his own words...