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Word: grass (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...almost an instinct for the first person to push the branch back, so it doesn't hit the second guy in the face." Another sure sign that his quarry is a criminal and not a hunter, according to Garrison, is whether the person has entered the high grass: "No one but someone on the run would go into that deep grass and vine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: How the Mountain Men Did It | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

Still, the growing grass-roots movement may soon force the Government's hand. NCI'S acting director. Dr. Guy Newell, has already indicated that his agency may, in spite of the absence of any positive animal data - a prerequisite in the case of all other purported anticancer drugs - undertake a clinical test of Lae trile on humans, something it has steadfastly refused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Freedom of Choice and Apricot Pits | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank, Bombeck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...operation, there was little evidence of any major gains. Even the cache of weapons displayed from the operation turned out to be unconvincing. TIME Correspondent William McWhirter, who landed at the dusty airstrip at Chiredzi in southeastern Rhodesia, reports: "Spread out on two canvas aprons on the brown grass were two small heaps that looked like the remains from a weapons picnic or the last leftovers from some outdoor arms fair. There were a couple of rocket launchers, several assault rifles and ancient carbines, some mortars with rounds. The sad little arrangements were all there was to show from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RHODESIA: Smith Takes a Dangerous New Gamble | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

...business is still a profitable one. "From dealing grass alone, I can make as much as anyone who works dorm crew all year long," boasted one Harvard sophomore. "If I deal mesc or PCPs, acid or speed, I can make a small fortune every year--maybe pay my tuition...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Getting By With A Little Help From Your Friends | 6/1/1977 | See Source »

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