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Word: grassed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...WEEKS AGO, Finch--riding a wave of grass roots popularity--accomplished what no predecessor in this century had ever done. Finch pushed a bill through the jealous and suspicious Mississippi Senate allowing him to serve two back-to-back four-year terms. In the past, Mississippi governors have perenially pleaded to the state's legislative bodies to pass a constitutional amendment permitting gubernatorial succession, but to no avail--despite the fact that these governors proved they had no ulterior motives by adding clauses insuring that the amendment would only affect future governors, not themselves. Suddenly, Finch is succeeding where...

Author: By J.wyatt Emmerich, | Title: Color-Blind Populism | 2/9/1978 | See Source »

...added that even experienced marijuana smokers cannot predict their reactions to "dusted grass...

Author: By Michael A. Calabrese, | Title: Drugs Sold Here Laced With PCP Cause Severe Reactions in Students | 2/4/1978 | See Source »

...differentiate their products some pushers use a "hype," a process that entails dusting the grass with extracted THC. The pushers then tell their customers the plant itself is a higher quality, Walters said...

Author: By Michael A. Calabrese, | Title: Drugs Sold Here Laced With PCP Cause Severe Reactions in Students | 2/4/1978 | See Source »

...traditionally hermetic culture. He is an accomplished painter, in both Oriental and Occidental styles. His spiny wooden and metal sculptures have been exhibited in New York, Milan and Paris. He is considered by some to be among his country's finest calligraphers. The ikebana that the Grass Moon master teaches and practices appeals to modern Japanese-and Westerners-for whom visual impact is more important than spiritual complexities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Japan's Picasso of the Flowers | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

...insubstantial, plays a major role in buffering the land's boundaries from the pounding of the sea. "Sand meets water's force with its natural tendency to move," observes Mrs. Simon. "Its soft answer turns away the sea's wrath." Wet lands-marshes, swamps and coastal grass-also play a part, nourishing every thing from birds to bivalves. They also stabilize shores, absorbing flood water, releasing it slowly, and in the process protecting the land behind them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sea Changes | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

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