Word: potted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Daniel Flood? Pol Pot...
Colombian officials had heard such tales before. The Guajira region where Spradley and McLemore landed is rich in marijuana-most of America's pot comes from there (TIME, Jan. 29, 1979)-and for months the army has been cracking down on clandestine flights from the U.S. that swoop in, load up and head north. The Colombians were particularly skeptical when Spradley admitted he could not remember the name of the airport he had taken off from, or his Venezuelan destination, or the company for which he was supposedly working. The missing McLemore, he said, had all the details...
When told of McLemore's "confession" of their intentions to smuggle pot, Spradley was dismayed. Said he: "I have had so dad-blamed many stories tossed at me, I've just about lost my faith in people." But McLemore later changed his story and agreed with Spradley's drill-bit explanation of the trip...
...some of our courts see it as fair and just to execute murderers [April 16], then, logically, it would follow that it is fair and just to steal from thieves and rape rapists. I can't imagine what would be done with pot smokers or pornographers...
After the Three Mile Island accident [April 9], I intend to vote against any politicians who say "Maybe" to nuclear power, regardless of their opinions on all other matters. What good is a chicken in every pot if the broth is radioactive...