Word: paraphernalia
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...husband and I swallowed our pride, plundered our savings and joined the much ridiculed ranks of minivan owners. It had to be done. Neither of our old vehicles had what it takes to handle two car seats, two parents, the odd grandparent and the sheer tonnage of baby paraphernalia required for even quick trips to the grocery. Still, it took multiple visits to the dealership before I came to terms with the sociological enormity of what we were about to do. In America, you are what you drive. And as everyone knows, cruising around in a shiny new minivan definitively...
...lawsuit alleging civil rights violations and a military review board determined that he was not an "enemy combatant"; near Baghdad. In Iraq to film a documentary about a Persian king, he was arrested when a taxi he was taking was stopped at a checkpoint and security forces found bombmaking paraphernalia inside. Kar said the items did not belong to him; the taxi driver is still being held...
Companies that began as a whim or a part-time venture are scrambling to fill orders. General Comet Industries, which licenses a comet logo, has enticed nearly a dozen businesses to slap the trademark onto products such as running shoes and cocktail mixes. General Comet also sells its own paraphernalia, including elegantly engraved "comet stock" certificates at a mere $9.95 per 100 shares. "We started this as a lighthearted spoof," says Ryan, "but the response has been overwhelming." Two years ago, a pair of air-traffic controllers in Albuquerque launched Astroline Products, selling Halley's pins, caps and traveling bags...
...corrections, the penitentiary superintendent and Morris' lawyer, many of them several times," she says. "Four hours before the shoot they decided we could take the pictures, but Morris couldn't wear the jersey." Though the prison permitted Photographer Red Morgan to cart in lights, cameras and pounds of paraphernalia, Morris' jersey was deemed to be contraband. To authorities, apparently, Morris is no longer...
...companies operating in the Gulf have similar policies. In the course of one nine-month period, Pennzoil searched twelve platforms, 25 boats and 30 helicopters and fired 85 people caught with drugs. The firm now lets go even employees who are found in possession of drug paraphernalia like roach clips and rolling papers...