Word: grassed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plain old marijuana. Cambridge does not have a drug problem. It does, however, harbor a very small sub-culture that regards cannabis as little less than a necessity. These people are not addicts, because marijuana, or "pot" as it is better known by devotees and would-be hipsters ("weed," "grass" and less printable names are also used), does not cause addiction. Still, a few local residents would agree with the young man who declared passionately. "I love...
...found his throne voted out of existence by 98% of the citizens. Diem smashed the gangsters who ran Saigon and routed the armies of the religious sects-with the help of the general who last week supplanted him. He also launched a comprehensive land reform program and, on a grass-roots tour of central Viet Nam in 1954, was nearly trampled by thousands of wildly cheering peasants. This high point of his reign was never matched again...
...short stature (5 ft. 4 in.), expressionless and aloof, Diem seldom stirred from his palace. Though devoted to raising the living standards of the peasants, Diem was ill at ease among the people and uninterested in grass-roots opinion. In the 1930s, Diem had quit as a minister under the French because, he said, "we had to have democratic reforms, or it was clear even then that the Communists would win." In the 1960s, that was the line the U.S. took with Diem, but now he argued that ordinary standards of democracy could not apply in a country fighting...
...much to protect. The plant is shabby, the school lacks accreditation, its 810 students can barely swing the $420 tuition. The president looks ruefully at a sprinkler outside his window and says: "I'm going to have to turn that off. I like to see the grass grow, but I have to watch the water bill...
...rugs, leading to a famous old advertising slogan, "It beats as it sweeps as it cleans." Grandfather also pioneered in advertising nationally, offering ten-day free trials and building a door-to-door sales force. That force eventually numbered 6,000 salesmen, who first tossed dirt and grass on the carpets of astonished housewives and then neatly vacuumed...