Word: plexus
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...class of faster, higher and wilder roller coasters roaring onto the amusement-park scene this summer. Far more terrifying than rides of old, the megacoasters, with names like Viper, Iron Wolf and Georgia Cyclone, employ computer technology, ultramodern materials and aerobatics to deliver a plexus punch to those brave enough to step aboard. Park operators are also souping up old coasters and bringing others out of mothballs in a race to produce the terrifying rides. A total of 176 coasters are running in the U.S., up from 147 in 1978 and the most since the heyday of the 1920s...
...kind of control, say many experts, that has hit the defense bar in the solar plexus and left many in the profession reeling. In the past year the threat of forfeiture actions by the Government has forced many defense lawyers to diversify their practice and has even caused a few to bail out of big drug litigation. More important, it has plunged many attorneys into a sea of paper work to justify the source of their pay, pressuring some to avoid representing certain suspects and others to plea-bargain away their clients' cases...