Word: weed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that his intent is neither to encourage nor to stigmatize those who partake of the demon flower. This is just the facts, ma'am, a fogie's guide to Xanadu. Grinspoon has collected and synthesized a great deal of information, and he gives ample to time to the anti-weed agenda. The author quotes a few scary tidbits from the FBI: "He [the user] becomes a fiend with savage or 'cave man' tendencies. His sex desires are aroused and some of the most horrible crimes result..." Horrible crimes, not the least of which were Dingo boots, halter tops...
...Merc's online news service on AOL). Then Richards went back online to field more than a dozen messages from readers, including one that prompted a follow-up story. ``There's a lot of good stuff out there,'' he says. ``You just have to have the patience to weed through...
...this will take commercial root. The marketplace, for example, will weed out even technically feasible devices if they prove too complicated for the average consumer to use. For the next decade at least, the key to the consumer's heart will be less in the technology itself than in the masking of technology to make it more user-friendly...
...year ago, on Feb. 28, Brady became law. Its five-day waiting period allows local law-enforcement authorities time to perform the background check that is intended to weed out felons and others who are denied handguns. The law applied immediately to the 30 states that had no similar regulations on the books and prompted others to put in place computer checks that permit a yes or no answer within minutes, sparing buyers the five-day wait...
...profile this season was near perfect. After the thaw there were dry, mild days so the farmers could plant almost without interruption, most of them using the no-till method, where the seeds were drilled or chiseled into matted stubble left from the year before; this residue forms a weed-retardant layer and a sponge for moisture. The right rains came at the right time. Only in isolated corners of the country were there scorching winds or floods...