Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...linked with an obviously futile short halt of B-52 bombings in South Viet Nam. When the announcement finally came, it turned out to involve only a modest 35,000 men to be returned to the U.S. by Dec. 15. That was about 10,000 more than the reluctant Joint Chiefs of Staff had conceded would be acceptable, but far fewer than many war critics think possible. It will bring to 60,000 the number of troops pulled out since the Administration outlined its gradual-withdrawal strategy last June, and will leave about 484,000 U.S. troops in Viet...
...Though Gromyko's speech contained few polemics, it was at least as unresponsive as Nixon's to urgent problems. Next week Gromyko and Secretary of State William Rogers will resume private bilateral talks on the Mideast; the most that can be expected, however, is agreement on a joint attitude toward peace negotiations, and few U.S. officials expect the talks to get that...
...prices of their mind excursions flutuate almost daily with the black market where kids must make their purchases. Depending on location, a dose of LSD or enough Methedrine for one injection costs around $3, while one Dexedrine pill can be bought for only 100. The marijuana contained in one "joint" or cigarette is worth around...
...observers estimate that marijuana is smoked by as many as half the men below the rank of captain. Although many adults who "blow" pot are sadly overeager to stay young, many others are as unselfconscious as the banker in Minneapolis' rich suburb of Wayzata who regularly lights up a joint with his after-dinner brandy and the 30-year-old Manhattan commercial artist who says that "at the parties I go to, whether or not you smoke marijuana is no bigger a question than whether or not you'll take a piece of cheese...
...promulgated series of bromides. When the topic comes up, most parents envisage the dope pusher standing outside the high school or the Mafioso prowling the streets in sunglasses. Marijuana, most adults believe, identically affects everyone who uses it and inevitably leads to the slow death of heroin addiction. A joint today, they think, means a junkie tomorrow...