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...until the 1920s and 1930s that this country, under intense pressure from the newly-created Federal Bureau of Narcotics--an agency in search of a mission--witnessed the crusade to banish the killer weed from American society, a society in which recreational use of marijuana was steadily becoming more popular. Contemporary newspapers frequently ran articles of purported instances where one marijuana cigarette had led previously respectable citizens to commit crimes of violence or had sent them into fits of insanity. The stories, of course, were told in lurid detail and did much to boost sales. These imaginative stories, combined with...
...early Friday afternoon it was almost impossible to drive in the Square, and cross country skiing became the most popular mode of transporation...
Many of us come from nonpolitical backgrounds, and we believe independence is politically popular with our voters. We are particularly independent of party. You've got to consider that party organizations in many states are decrepit today. The party can't help you with money or even technical advice. So you build your own organization, and if it's good, you get elected. We don't owe leadership anything. And we're not afraid of it. Many of us were not even our party's choice in the primary campaigns...
...Humphrey developed his legislative skills, as he changed from one of the least popular members of Congress to one of the most popular, he became a logical contender for the presidency. It became for him, as for others, a near obsession. In 1960 he figured he had a chance. The man to beat was Senator John Kennedy, who was plunging into the primaries to demonstrate his appeal. The battle seesawed until the West Virginia primary, where the Kennedys spent a fortune to overcome the opposition to the candidate's Roman Catholicism. Humphrey's loss finished...
...ready for the album, and at 22, Olga Korbut has left her temper tantrums-and her parallel bars-behind. The Olympic gold medalist plans to coach gymnastics rather than perform. She also hopes to travel with her husband, Leonid Bortkevich, 27, a singer with the Soviet Union's popular folk-rock group Pesnyary (Singers). First stop: Cuba, where the couple will have a delayed honeymoon and where Leonid's group has an invitation to warble. As usual Pesnyary will perform jazzed-up Byelorussian songs. A pity, since Olga's favorites are by Stevie Wonder and the Beatles...