Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...following day, at his Washington press conference, Carter once again addressed himself to the growing strain between the U.S. and Russia and defended his Administration's attacks on Cuban adventurism in Africa...
...patches of a distinctly lighter green are flourishing this spring. Like pears and firs, this crop is a moneymaker, yielding an estimated $70 million a year. But, unlike the other natural products of the valley, it is illegal. The plant is sinsemillas (Spanish for seedless), a highly cultivated strain of marijuana that has recently found favor with U.S. pot smokers. It thrives in the fertile soil and relaxed legal atmosphere of southern Oregon...
Equally adept at agronomy and foiling the police, Oregon's pot farmers turned home-grown weed into a profitable racket by developing their unique sinsemillas hybrid. The robust, waste-free strain attracts buyers willing to pay $1,600 a pound, the yield from just one well-cultivated plant. Studies show that sinsemillas weed contains five times more tetrahydrocannabinol (pot's narcotic ingredient) than the common Mexican variety. Even federal drug experts are impressed. "A good deal of expertise goes into producing that kind of plant," notes Dr. Carlton Turner, director of marijuana research for the National Institute of Drug Abuse...
...House one of my good friends, advisers, counselors, helpers in the difficult decisions that I, as President, have to make and that he made so well when he occupied this home and served in the Oval Office. He came to lead this country in a time of crisis and strain. He brought the capability and attitude and knowledge and experience to heal our wounds. The entire nation is indebted to him. He is a man who is beloved and appreciated, and no one appreciates him more than I do." As for Betty, Jimmy called her "probably the most popular person...
Also, along with coal mining, firefighting is the most dangerous occupation in the country. The danger and the long night shifts tend to put a strain on home life. Although the men say that firefighters do not have an abnormally high divorce rate and that their wives support their choice of jobs, their wives do spend many long worrisome nights when their husbands are on duty...