Word: tree
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...outskirts of Birmingham stands the black suburban development of Briarmont, where handsome houses sprawl over huge lots arrayed along winding, tree-lined streets. One of the most attractive homes is a $35,000 three-bedroom ranch with avocado green paneling, a sunken living room and a two-car garage. A dark blue Cadillac and a tan Buick compact decorate the driveway. This is the home of J. Mason Davis and June Davis and their two children, the family on TIME'S cover...
Impeachment is a serious step. In a state ruled not by a king but by an elected representative of its people, impeachment shouldn't be unthinkable, but a viable threat to any president who steps too far out of line. Thomas Jefferson said that the tree of liberty needed the nourishment of a revolution every 20 years. Jefferson was a radical and a revolutionary, to be sure, but even the most moderate believer in the democratic safeguards of the Constitution shouldn't find an impeachment once a century at all excessive...
...charges were dismissed. The police, reluctant to admit that they had bungled horribly, pressed the charges to the bitter end, perhaps because the second complainant was none other than the wife of the arresting officer, a patrolman with a penchant for arresting people on such ridiculous pretexts as breaking tree branches. I quit; sold stereos for a month; worked on a cigarette promotion handing out sample packs to promote national cancer week; got into law school; found a summer job with a PR firm; finally moved into an apartment; and had my car stolen. But I can't help thinking...
...half as much to produce as the presliced, vitaminized, super-enriched, deflavorized belly wadding advertised on TV. It can not only have toothsome flavor and infinite variety, but may represent a return to simple joy, as raising one's own corn or tomatoes does, or planting a pear tree, or hunting wild berries for jelly...
...design temporarily shelves plans to develop nearly four acres of the site into related commercial facilities that were expected to yield $750,000 in annual tax revenue for Cambridge. In its place, Pei has designed a 435-car tree-lined "parking park...