Word: grassed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Deep in the Forest Sauvage some 1,400 years ago, Merlyn the Magician shared a cluttered cottage with two hedgehogs, six grass snakes, a stuffed phoenix, a buzzing beehive, six pismires, the Encyclopedia Britannica (14th edition) and countless wonders for the eyes of Wart, the boy who was to become King Arthur...
...hills around Floresville (pop. 2,126) projected gentle arcs of tans and greys against the blue sky. Most of the dull-colored range grass lay dormant, the landscape enlivened only by the greenery of prickly pear cactus. But on the 4,500-acre Connally family spread, the cactus had been routed, mesquite trees dragged out by chain, the land plowed deep, and a lush cover of coastal Bermuda grass planted. "Five years ago, there was nothing here, nothing at all," said Connally. "The land had been all but given up for hopeless. Now it will support up to ten times...
Such land deeply affects those who live there. "This is strong country," said Lyndon. "Not only does it produce fearless soldiers and people with great courage, but the grass that grows in the rock has a lot of mineral in it and the cattle that eat this grass are more valuable." Said Lady Bird: "You are both the victim and the friend of nature. It is something to see Lyndon in combat with the land. The land is unrelenting. He is unrelenting." Johnson mounted a frisky filly and helped cut calves from the herd. An old cowhand, watching, said: "That...
Governor Brown considers former Vice-President Richard M. Nixon the most popular candidate right now for the Republican presidential nomination. He has tremendous grass roots support," the Governor said. "Of course he must be very careful to avoid any overt acts of campaigning for the nomination! His operation must be entirely undercover. But he's used to that--undercover is the way he's always operated...
...pound high school basketball player occasionally seems to forget that he now carries a portly 185 pounds. What did he think of Pennsylvania Gov. William G. Scranton's chances? Scranton, he agreed, is the man to beat. "He has all the party professionals behind him, and while Nixon has grass-roots following, he can't convince the pros." Governor Brown said that Goldwater was badly hurt, in California as well as the South, by President Kennedy's death. Rockefeller, he suspects, does not have much chance...