Word: potted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most famous Newf of them all: Captain Meriwether Lewis' faithful companion Scannon, purchased for $20 in Pittsburgh and a keen and able member of the corps of discovery during a journey of more than 6,000 miles. Scannon sometimes swam out to catch fledgling geese for the pot, helped keep ferocious grizzlies of the Missouri River country away from camp, and in May 1805, was credited with helping turn away a frightened buffalo that came close to trampling Lewis one night as the party was sleeping by the river. Scannon clearly played a major role in the historic mission...
...Midwest is showing its usual hospitality, as much for pecuniary reasons as politeness: a pot of money comes to town when a big-budget movie crew arrives. It is not uncommon for the movie company and crew to spend more than $1 million on lodging, food, props, local extras and other labor. That sum generates nearly four times as much spending power as it percolates through the local economy-and the hosts incur few offsetting expenses. Says Ray Gosnell, vice president for production management at 20th Century-Fox: "There is no need to build roads or schools...
...Pot, Booze or Pills...
...clouding the real issue in a marijuana smokescreen [Aug. 15]. The questions of whether it is more or less harmful than alcohol or is physically addictive are not important. The real question is: Why do we feel we have to exist in a semicomatose state, whether it be from pot, booze or pills...
...hard in my life as when Freddie was working for me at CBS," says Bob Wood. "He'd give me scripts to take home at night, and then call a half-hour after I got home to ask how I liked them. He knows what goes into every pot, just like a chef...