30 years ago in reason."I spent four years in 29 jails and prisons on four continents--all this for being in a car where someone else had, without my knowledge, less than half an ounce of marijuana marijuana or marihuana, drug obtained from the flowering tops, stems, and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa (see hemp) or C. indica; the latter species can withstand colder climates. . I wouldn't say my treatment was cruel, but I would say very unusual." --"Timothy Leary's New Trip: A Reason Interview" "The winter of 1976-77 has finally made obvious even to politicians the perverse per·verse adj. 1. Directed away from what is right or good; perverted. 2. Obstinately persisting in an error or fault; wrongly self-willed or stubborn. 3. a. consequences of price controls on natural gas.... This winter has witnessed up to 1.5 million people thrown out of work to conserve scarce natural gas for heating homes and hospitals." --Robert Poole Jr., "The Natural Gas Chickens Come Home to Roost Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew. " "Marvin (Mickey A unit of mouse movement typically set at 1/200th of an inch. (unit, humour) mickey - The unit of resolution of mouse movement. It has been suggested that the "disney" will become a benchmark unit for animation graphics performance. ) Edwards, the new Republican Congressman from Oklahoma, is introducing legislation which would provide for congressional salaries to fall as inflation rises. It doesn't have a snowball's chance of passage, of course, but it's a fun concept." --Alan W. Bock Noun 1. bock - a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring bock beer lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally , "That's the Ticket" --April 1977 |
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