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...exploiting it. The Powhatan smoked a crude indigenous species of tobacco. But in 1612, John Rolfe imported seeds of Nicotiana tabacum, the Spanish-American weed that was already a craze in England. By 1620 the colony had shipped almost 50,000 lbs. home. Fifty years later, Virginia and Maryland would ship 15 million lbs. Tobacco and foodstuffs were grown on privately owned farms. Beginning in 1618, old settlers were offered 100 acres of land, and newcomers who paid their way were given 50 acres, plus 50 more for every additional person they brought...
...question of whether we will kill the planet. It is a matter of maintaining a survivable habitat for ourselves. Thousands of species are already in danger of extinction, which raises the question, Can we adapt, or are we just another soon-to-fail genetic experiment? Andrew L. Brown, Jessup, Maryland...
...time colleges put into their efforts, there's no surefire way to predict violent behavior, and jumping to conclusions can have dire consequences for troubled students. "The label may stick and become part of their definition of themselves," says Gary Pavela, a judicial-policy expert at the University of Maryland and the author of a book on student suicide. And when that happens, there's no telling what tragic end the tale might have...
...feel a comedian with such tremendous success initially in his career, like yourself, becomes better at their craft over time or do you think they lose their touch? -Daniel Iampieri in Ellicott City, Maryland I think the answer is one does not lose touch. One only gets better at their craft through work. It is a tricky question. The answer is also that as one gets older the core audiences are younger and their reference points are different. What they laugh at and find funny, as those opposed to me, who came out of the '60s and '70s, is different...
After the Revolution, America made its largest revision in its approach to eradicating politicians. Besides the numerous “legislatures,” the former colonies set aside a reservation in the swamps between Maryland and Virginia expressly for containing politicians. Every other year, communities would exile the individual with the most votes against him to the swamp reservation for two years. Every state also would select the two politicians with the severest condition and exile them for six years. Although this exile system has been in place for 226 years, it has simply slowed the infection rate instead...