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...desk; he was the first person I know of who did that." Apple, for Jobs, was a messianic imperative: give the world a Mac, and the rest of the Flower Power agenda would follow. The classic-rock sound track wittily comments on his pilgrim's progress: dropping acid; dodging cops in People's Park; undergoing primal-scream therapy; abusing employees during midnight prowls down Apple's halls; inexplicably refusing to acknowledge paternity of his baby daughter Lisa, who lives with her mother in an Oregon commune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Way They Were | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...diversity, with women gaining on the majority, sex-based elitism is about as out as acid-wash, as dingy as Ride's old hairdo. Yet it still manages to get by, scrubbing up for battle and then sneaking out the back door under the guise of "good fun" or "tradition." I would not be true to my promise as a reporter who has covered the life and times of this school if I did not end this piece by answering why this situation has persisted. Congress is and has been a big fat boys club...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Of Sally Ride and Final Club | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

...diversity, with women gaining on the majority, sex-based elitism is about as out as acid-wash, as dingy as Ride's old hairdo. Yet it still manages to get by, scrubbing up for battle and then sneaking out the back door under the guise of "good fun" or "tradition." I would not be true to my promise as a reporter who has covered the life and times of this school if I did not end this piece by answering why this situation has persisted. Congress is and has been a big fat boys club...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Of Sally Ride and Final Clubs | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

...officers were equipped with riot gear, including acid-proof black coveralls, helmets, masks, shields, and a baton...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Police Officers Tell of Combating Chaos | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

Gerald Minsk used to drop acid and smoke pot to help quell paranoid delusions that Boston's North End mafiosi were conspiring against him. Yes, it's crazy to take hallucinogens to soothe your hallucinations. But that's what untreated mental illness does to you. It can also leave you jobless and sleeping under the Boston University bridge. That's what happened to Minsk, anyway, in the 1970s. For years, his bipolar disorder was virtually ignored as he cycled in and out of jails, mental hospitals and community centers, none of which took the time, or had the resources...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mental Health Reform: What It Would Really Take | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

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