Word: hemp
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...side of the U.S. in the Spanish-American War, then when Spain lost in 1898 turned on the U.S., demanding immediate independence and starting a second guerrilla rebellion that took two years to subdue, after which he settled down (on a $500-a-month pension) to become a prosperous hemp grower but always wore a black tie until real independence came in 1946; of a heart attack; near Manila...
Marvellous Place. Christine also cavorted with members of London's vast West Indian contingent, had affairs with Jamaican Johnnie Edgecombe and Singer Lucky Gordon. "When I first met her," said Gordon, "she was asking the waitress in a cafe where she could get some Indian hemp [marijuana]. Knowing this, I wanted to know her." There were a number of others. Scotland Yard is said to have Christine's notebook, and the notebook is said to be full of names...
...what is said hurts less than what is seen: the hangman officiously computing the hemp required for his grisly business, the doomed man dumbly waiting for the noose with his head tied up in a sack-the eyes, it is said, pop out sometimes and roll around on the floor...
...roll by-a replica of Chica's sailing ship, a group of miners pouring money and gems into Dom João's open hands-plus a second flag-bearer team, more dancers, and the percussion band. Around the whole 2,300-member group is a thick hemp rope carried by costumed men who keep the cheering sidewalk crowds...
...DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND. In its first 2½ years, DLF granted 24 loans worth $45 million to Latin American nations. Since March, 19 loans worth $100.4 million have gone to 14 countries. Among the beneficiaries: Haiti, with $250,000 for a hemp plantation; Peru, with $10.8 million for agrarian reform and a penetration road over the Andes...