Cracking Open
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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A few days before Christmas in 1989, an undercover FBI agent showed up to collect a monthly cellphone payment in crack from a dealer named Norman Brown. (article 2)
In 1990, after a two-year investigation, federal authorities charged Mike, then 19, and 28 others with selling powder cocaine and crack as part of a sprawling drug ring. (article 2)
Another visitor began making the 2 1/2-hour trip from Washington to see him, first with Mike's sister, then on her own. (article 1)
Vanessa Bolden was 5-foot-2, with smooth chestnut skin and the righteous toughness of a woman who had been working since she was 16 and now owned her home and drove a sleek blue Lexus. (article 1)
He slipped on a pinstriped shirt that hid his tattoos, slid his feet into shiny new loafers and rubbed coconut oil into his hair, cut razor-straight at the temples and flecked with gray. (article 4)
He was 36, with a basketball player's long-legged gait and the lined brow of a man well acquainted with consequences. (article 4)
IN THE SUMMER OF 1986, WHEN MIKE WAS 15, the Boston Celtics selected Len Bias as their first pick in the NBA draft. (article 3)
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Story keywords
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Mike, crack, Vanessa, prison, cocaine |
Source articles
- Cracking Open (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 4608 words)
- Cracking Open (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 659 words)
- Cracking Open (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 866 words)
- Cracking Open (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 751 words)
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