Word: uproots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dishes ideal for snorting cocaine. More than 15,000 "head shops"* across the country cater to drug users; they are at the heart of a thriving drug paraphernalia industry that may take in more than half a billion dollars a year. So far it has proved nearly impossible to uproot the shops: virtually every state and local law banning the sale of drug paraphernalia has been declared unconstitutional by the courts. Now the Federal Government is stepping into the fray-and could emerge a loser as well...
Beheshti returned to Iran in 1970, at a time when the Shah was trying to uproot all opposition to his regime. His associates at the time recall that Beheshti remained studiously noncommittal. "Beheshti would never side with anyone " says one clerical colleague. "The man was intelligent, capable, knowledgeable and charismatic, but his politics were cynical." Two years ago, with opposition to the Shah growing, Beheshti finally joined the forces led by the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, which were calling for an end to the monarchy. Yet even then Beheshti attempted to hedge his bets. During the revolution, he tried to ensure...