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Article: TV video shares tips on recognizing kids' drug use
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  November 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... drinks also boost the high of Ecstasy, Lee added. Other paraphernalia to look for are pacifiers and friendship beads. "Friendship beads are handed out at rave (all-night dance) parties," Lee said. METHAMPHETAMINE IS the base for many ...

Article: Drawings and journals add meaning to school exchange
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  March 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Second-grade students at Prairie Elementary School in Naperville in the Indian Prairie School District make friendship beads with visiting second-graders from Bardwell Elementary School in the East Aurora School District Friday morning in a ...

Article: Mitzvah Day, a time for good deeds, unites South Bay Jews
Daily Breeze;  February 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Plaza Hotel in Redondo Beach, hundreds of Jews fulfilled this obligation by writing supportive notes to Israel, stringing friendship beads and stocking care packages for Jewish prisoners. At one table, volunteers penned messages on ceramic tiles that will ...

Article: Congregations should connect in friendships; Interactivity shows ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  July 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... could earn a "friendship bead" if they got to know at least 50 people during the camping week. I had a collection of friendship beads sewed on my Camp Fire Girls uniform, and so did almost every other camper. When you're a kid, there is nothing easier ...

Article: You've turned 30, you're getting broody. Behind you lies a decade ...
The Independent - London;  April 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... four to six months - "travelling, hanging out on the beach" - and you can sense it's only a matter of time before friendship beads become part of the equation. It's the usual gap year stuff, only Sarah and Gavin are not the usual gap year material ...

Article: Area Jews set day aside to do good
Daily Breeze;  February 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Plaza Hotel in Redondo Beach, hundreds of Jews fulfilled this obligation by writing supportive notes to Israel, stringing friendship beads and stocking care packages for Jewish prisoners. At one table, volunteers penned messages on ceramic tiles that will ...

Article: The devil wears dirty jeans, and charges you for it
Post-Tribune (IN);  July 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... pocket should you choose to invest in this silly fashion fad. And it is silly. It's even sillier than parachute pants or friendship beads or moon boots, all of which I sported at some point in my childhood. Come to think of it, I used to have this girlfriend ...