Word: grasse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what we had in mind at the start. What our forefathers (bless 'em) wanted was the land, not machines, the great, wide, beautiful land that was thought to go on forever. When the machines came clanging along, they were supposed to let folks enjoy the land more, the green grass and the blue water. Only they got out of hand, you see, until all the lovely forever greens and blues got squeezed in a corner full of national parks and the sky choked black with factories. That isn't what we intended, though. Machines were meant to open the territory...
...without jeopardizing U.S. security has fallen from 66% to 56%. While 71% in October thought the U.S. had "enough nuclear weapons to protect ourselves," this satisfied majority has shrunk to 59%. As to the nuclear-freeze movement, only 32% of Americans now see it as a genuine grass-roots drive (a decline from 38% last June), while 54% think it "mostly involves people who often have been involved in protest movements in the past...
...when the couple lived in a grass hut in the village of Kelila, the tribal chief surprised them one day by coming to say, "As long as we have our fetishes, we are not ready to hear God." About 5,000 Danis brought charms and spirit paraphernalia to throw onto a bonfire. Recalls Dillinger: "The men shouted...
...clear choice is the peace activist who is responsible for the phenomenal growth of the grass-roots movement for nuclear disarmament...
...sportscaster Brent Musberger stood alone at the Stadium yesterday, taping his foot on a depression in the snow-covered grass...