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...three marijuana plants for personal use, and some observers think the bills might be approved next year. If so, backyard gardeners might replace big-time growers in the booming pot trade. Until then, pot farmers in the Northwest stand to reap a bundle this fall from bumper crops?if they don't get bumped off first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where the Grass is Greener | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

...service of his nation--and many times he killed for it. In Vietnam, the bodies of the Vietnamese were piled "yea high." He holds his hand above his head in illustration. But devotion to country only goes so far. Outside Lowell House, Richardson's 1971 Chevy Impala has a bumper sticker on it summing up his attitudes about where the country is heading. "CRIME WOULDN'T PAY," the bumper sticker reads, "IF THE GOVERNMENT...

Author: By Jonathan H. Alter, | Title: As Different as Night And Day | 6/8/1978 | See Source »

Even for placard-prone California, the spontaneous sprouting of signs for and against 13 has been sensational. Thousands of homeowners display the size of their tax increases in their front yards. Bumper stickers have blossomed on battered Bugs and sleek Mercedes alike. Assessors' offices have been besieged by taxpayers anxious-and afraid-to learn how hard they will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Revolt Over Taxes | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

...perfect timing, even if it means a high-speed chase through the pot-holed streets of the City. Commuting by cab is a sure-fire route to hypertension, ulcers and the inability to lace up one's own Adidas. It's kind of like the rolled coaster, whip, and bumper cars all rolled into one and set loose on the streets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rockettes' Last Gleaming | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

...Super Bowl time, and the tale of two cities, Denver and Dallas, is shouted antiphonally from towering stadium tiers: It is the best of times! It is the best of times! It is the season for bumper stickers and bunting and bragging in bars, for celebration and civic pride. Time for whimsy and WE'RE NO.l!, for good cheer and bad bets. It is a time warp, where the young dream of growing up and the old remember youth, and in the delirious identification with a winning football team, neither fantasy nor reminiscence seems foolish. The game becomes a bond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Denver and Dallas | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

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