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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The strapping old gentleman with the shock of white hair bounces his canoe off rocks in Wyoming's Powder River, then runs it aground. He gives a sharp kick to a cooler and stomps on his spanking new backpack. Eccentric behavior, it would appear, but Sheldon Coleman, 77, has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Camping It Up | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

Samper, a lawyer and economist, contends that if growing had been legal, Colombia last year could have saved the $120 million it spent on trying to stop it and also collected taxes of $168 million on the huge amount of pot, worth an estimated $1.4 billion wholesale, that was smuggled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: High Profits | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

Other Colombian business leaders feel much the same. Says Eduardo Goéz Gutiérrez, the Bogotá stock exchange president, who is a cautious supporter of legalization: "In my opinion, the financial sector is in favor of it." He argues that the big inflow of foreign money to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: High Profits | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

Though a group of Colombian Congressmen also endorse the idea, most ranking officials remain opposed to the proposal. Colombian President Julio César Turbay Ayala sees "no possibility" of legalization. His feeling is shared by Attorney General Guillermo Gonzalez Charry, who is worried about marijuana's effect on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: High Profits | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

Gerald Ford once tried to recruit David McLaughlin. But the Grand Rapids high school football hero turned down the local Congressman's come-on for the University of Michigan; instead McLaughlin yearned for Dartmouth. There he set pass-catching records that stood for more than 20 years, made All...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View: Water, Water | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

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