Word: grass
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...team," it was a poorly kept secret that he considered his Vice President "too political," too unimaginative, too much a man without real roots, to fill the top job. He even made a stab at keeping Nixon off the ticket for a second term. But Nixon rallied grass-roots Republican support and Ike abruptly caved...
...three entrants run the course, it all looks pretty much the same. People in the grandstands sit back for a wait, a long wait: each driver is allowed 12 minutes before he is flagged off the course, and most use at least ten. Kids play in the grass, and everyone grumbles a bit that no refreshment truck ever showed up with lunch...
Some of the skits are lamer: a kiddie show where the clown host reads the little ones porn, or a windy send-up of a typical series called "The Dealers," which has to do with the abortively comic exploits of a couple of hard-luck traffickers in grass. But overall the movie maintains high energy. There is one scene of true inspiration. At the end of the 6 o'clock news, the anchor man signs off and sits staring, smile firmly fixed, waiting for the fadeout and credits. Nothing happens. Soon the smile begins to stiffen at the edges...
...John Lennon? The U.S. Justice Department announced that if ex-Beatle John Lennon, 33, does not shake American dust off his boots by Sept. 10, he will be forcibly deported. In 1968 a gallant Lennon pleaded guilty in London to possession of enough grass for 40 joints in order to avoid, he said, dragging Pregnant Yoko Ono through the courts. But when John and Yoko arrived to live in the U.S. in 1971, John only got a six-month visa-unrenewable, it turned out, because of his conviction. John appealed his fate. Last week the appeal was rejected...
...Housing Act; this year he is increasing the proportion of his firm's inner-city lending from 17% to 41%. He has given 20% of his officer and supervisor jobs to women. Greenwood regards inaction on critical issues by both the Administration and Congress as a boon to grass-roots leadership: "It's a healthy thing, this feeling that we'll have to do it ourselves...