Word: forbidden
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shultz, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane, CIA Director William Casey and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General John Vessey -- "personally and directly" took part in arranging deals to have other countries aid the Nicaraguan contras at a time when help from the U.S. was forbidden by law; they then allegedly ordered the arrangements kept secret. Sullivan hopes to show with this classified material that North was just following orders when he lied to Congress about his contra activities...
This year's show drags spectactors into the age of speakeasies, gangsters and Prohibition. The plot is simple. Booze is forbidden, boobs are not. Action turns on the antics of three main groups--bar-goers, cops and mobsters. The only beer joint in town not run by the mob--Cafe Ole--offers stripteasers to serve up the mixers. The plot centers around an attempt to save the bar, first from getting busted by the Federal Bureau of Prohibition and then from a "hostile takeover...
...entire town is covered in a pure white blanket from sometime in November until springtime. Most of the buildings seem to have been built to complement the weather--either white with red roofs or modern wood and glass. On a lot of the streets, driving is forbidden, but you can rent a horse and cart. On a clear night, lying in the back of a straw-filled cart, listening to the horse clomp down the streets past restaurants, shops and little private ski chalets, you can see every star...
...course, those were the days when liking a girl was not something you ever even mentioned to your friends. Girls were specifically forbidden from the clubhouse, and to admit that you actually liked one, well, that was just begging your friends to say you had the cooties...
...last February's 'Pot, Garden vendors were fined for accepting a fake I.D., and the Massachusetts Alcohol Control Commission has forbidden them to serve alcohol during this year's tournament...