Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...letter was signed Cannabis Rex for the Broward Marijuana Dealers Association. Such charity by the counterculture set is not new (TIME, Sept. 17), but one could wonder at the reaction in the upper councils of the association when the organization learns what Jody Dietrich hopes to grow up to be: a policeman...
...living in a rural, agricultural community for several years, the volunteer begins to view the highly industrialized United States with its problems of energy shortage and pollution as a distorted society. Compared with the poverty of the farmers he works with, the level of consumption or the middle and upper-middle classes in the United States appears unnecessary and wasteful...
John Cappelletti, star running back for the Nittany Lions of Penn State, was named winner of the 1973 Heisman Trophy. The 215-pound senior from Upper Darby, Pa., more than doubled the point total of runner-up John Hicks, an offensive tackle from Ohio State. Cappelletti ran for over 100 yards in eight games this season, surpassing his last year's record...
...that prevent the resilin from expanding prematurely. In effect, the flea has "cocked" itself for the leap. Then, at the right moment, it releases the catches. The resilin snaps back to its original size, like an uncoiling spring, and exerts a sharp downward force on tendons connected to the upper part of the hind legs. That launches the flea into the air. In fact, lift-off occurs so rapidly that the flea reaches peak acceleration of 140 Gs - more than 30 times that endured by astronauts during the launch of the Saturn 5 moon rocket...
...once being lifted out of his car like a sack of potatoes, and put on his feet, and given two sticks and two helping hands, and his hat stuck on his head for him. This was not the Roosevelt the public saw. They saw the burly upper body, the bull-like neck, and the tossing head, the confident saviour of the republic in a dark time...