Word: vines
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fetid scent of the deadly fer-de-lance, the click-click of an enraged wild boar. Xumu, the old chief of the Amahuaca, also instructed him in jungle medicine. The stem of the paka nixpo plant, when chewed, prevented tooth decay for years; the extract of the ayahuasca vine was especially prized for producing visions that, Córdova-Rios says, actually enhance human intelligence. After many adventures-hunting, harvesting rubber, procuring arms for the tribe-Córdova-Rios eventually tired of the Indians' pettiness and "musky odor." He escaped to civilization, where he became renowned...
...Aimee had wandered for hours in the desert, how come her shoes were hardly scuffed? Other questions arose. Why had the radioman at the temple disappeared at almost the same time Aimee had? And who was that thick-ankled woman who had spent ten days with him in a vine-covered cottage at Carmel? The scandal broke in six-inch headlines, and Aimee, her mother and the radioman were held for trial on conspiracy charges; but after eight months of priceless worldwide publicity, "a certain person of influence" was bought off for $6,000, according to Ma, and Aimee...
Life in cities and suburbs, where 70% of the nation's people now dwell, has disconnected most Americans from such rural satisfactions. But for all the eutrophication of lakes, the alarms about mercury in livestock and DDT on the vine, the land is still capable of yielding an astonishing bounty. For those whose food does not come entirely from cans and packages, it also provides a deep seasonal delight of harvest...
...such leader is Mrs. Helen Howard, a housewife in the black Vine City section of Atlanta. She has turned her considerable energy to the Vine City Foundation, Inc., which has set up a health clinic, a nursery for children from disrupted homes, counseling for blacks on welfare programs and a campaign against rent-gouging landlords. On a national scale, Mrs. Johnnie Tillmon is a key member of the National Welfare Rights Organization, one of the most effective defenders of the black poor. It has chapters in all 50 states that are working to help welfare recipients secure their full legal...
...portrays George Custer as a villain leading troops bent on genocide. Three books personalizing Indian alienation have won critical acclaim. A novel, House Made of Dawn, by N. Scott Momaday, a Kiowa who teaches English at Berkeley, won a Pulitzer prize last year. Custer Died for Your Sins, by Vine Deloria, a Standing Rock Sioux, wryly details