Word: contraband
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...both Char Joslin and Leelee Groome--the bearers of the contraband weapons--merely shrugged when their goals were disallowed, went back to the bench to get legal sticks with regulation-size pouches, and took the field again. The game of terrorizing the Terriers continued, and finished with Harvard...
...each step forward seems to be offset by disappointing setbacks. Since Duvalier fled and the dreaded Tonton Macoutes disbanded, large pockets of the Haitian countryside have degenerated into lawlessness. Contraband flowing into the country has fueled a rash of burglaries, arson attacks and murders. After all of Haiti's ports were reopened last fall, illegal rice from Miami hit the market, undercutting local farmers. Inevitably a battle erupted between farmers and profiteering smugglers that has yet to quiet. "Smuggling is unfortunately the No. 1 growth industry in Haiti," says a Western diplomat. "Crime is not far behind." Last week...
...describing the meaning of his plays, Stoppard told the audience he feels like the traveller caught in customs with illegal contraband he didn't remember packing. "Most students are about as skeptical as most customs men," he said...
Hindawi denied he tried to blow up the plane. He claimed he was the victim of an Israeli intelligence attempt to discredit Syria and said he was paid $250,000 in Damascus to smuggle contraband from Britain to Tel Aviv...
...stethoscope-like device that can pick up the munching sounds of insects as they feed inside fruits and grains is being tested at a USDA laboratory in ) Gainesville, Fla. Not all methods are mechanical. In New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, beagles have been trained to detect contraband flora. Jackpot, J.F.K.'s first beagle, has sniffed out oranges, papayas and two 10- lb. mangoes -- as well as salami, ham, cheese, live birds and a can of lime- scented shaving cream...