Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...noted that marijuana was indeed very dangerous, but only because possessing it can get you five or ten years in prison. Hippies, in their massive drop-out rebellion against society, have a marvelous time with these blatantly undemocratic laws. Anyone can join the fun. All you need is a joint and a match. The risk is just exciting enough...
Political Megatonnage. It was not only the fear of foreign attack that forced the Administration's hand. During the launching of the nation's 92nd nuclear-powered submarine in Groton, Conn., two weeks ago, Rhode Island's Democratic Senator John Pastore, chairman of the Joint Atomic Energy Committee, warned ominously, "With all our offensive power, our defense posture could be our Achilles' heel." Washington's Democratic Senator Henry M. Jackson leaked word that he would hold hearings on the ABM-and Lyndon Johnson was aware that they would pack plenty of political megatonnage. Richard Nixon...
...Castel Gandolfo and caused him to cancel all appointments; Nellie Connolly, 47, wife of Texas' Democratic Governor, recuperating in Houston's M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute after removal of a benign, olive-size growth on her jaw; General Earle G. Wheeler, 59, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recovering at Walter Reed Hospital from a "minor" heart attack that was disclosed by the Pentagon after two days of denials that he suffered from anything other than fatigue...
...Brother Branwell, whom she envisaged as a writer of genius, was hopelessly addicted to drugs and alcohol. But Emily and Anne were busily writing poems and novels. Charlotte not only joined them but also took over as their agent; within two years, she had engineered the publication of a joint collection of poems and three novels: Wuthering Heights, by Ellis Bell (Emily), Agnes Grey, by Acton Bell (Anne) and Jane Eyre, by Currer Bell (Charlotte). The poems and the first two novels flopped; Jane Eyre was an immediate bestseller...
...with the venture and commit virtually all its resources to it. Meanwhile, 17 firms, including Curtiss-Wright Corp. and Outboard Marine Corp. in the U.S., Rolls-Royce in England and Alfa Romeo in Italy have paid NSU for licenses for the new engine. Citroen of France set up a joint corporation with the small German carmaker to produce a Wankel-powered auto by the beginning...