Word: pep
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Clouds & Sparks. The attractions are obvious enough. Heroin produces a drowsy, drifting effect; LSD contorts and sometimes expands the mind. Methedrine, which is a harmless stimulant when taken orally in small doses, turns into a kind of mega-pep dose when it is concentrated and injected. It acts on the central nervous system in such a way as to give what the three medical researchers, who have studied addicts at the California Rehabilitation Center at Corona, describe as a "sudden generalized, overwhelming, pleasureful feeling." With somewhat more enthusiasm, a female speeder says that "it fills you inside, like this churning...
...scene at the Reflecting Pool was something akin to a Be-In on the banks of the Charles save that the preparations were more elaborate. Some 50 Negro D.C. policemen were grouped on the far-side of the gathering demonstrators getting a pep-talk from a white police sergeant; a Red Cross station was set up by the Army as a constant reminder that the authorities expected trouble. As the crowd grew, the entertainment and speeches started--everyone seemed to be wandering around aimlessly looking for someone...
...Super Pep. Groovy and Linda apparently entered the cellar-which often served as a clandestine exchange point for drug sales-late at night. They may have been high on speed at the time, or "dropped" (swallowed) it later, preparatory to making love. Three or four other persons were also in the cellar. Possibly they were customers of Groovy's; all of them were turned on. Since methedrine is a super-pep drug whose "flash" generates an instant demand for action, it is likely that the onlookers demanded to "make it" with Linda. Groovy tried to defend the girl...
General Giap does not, of course, necessarily believe that, but it is his job to deliver an occasional pep talk to his troops. In a long, rambling report issued from Hanoi last week, he claimed that U.S. forces are suffering "resounding blows," "annihilation" and "heavy defeat." Ho, hum. But Giap did say some things from which Hanoi watchers drew a few interesting conclusions. When all the boasting and saber rattling were cleared away, they agreed that his speech showed that the North Vietnamese military command...
...reason for the bureaucrats' suspicion is simply that the August industrial price surge caught Washington by surprise. Through the months of relative price peace, the Government's inflation-watching machinery has grown rusty. Commerce Secretary Alexander Trowbridge, who had scheduled a routine hold-the-line price pep talk with steelmen in Washington for this week, was caught flat-footed by the bar-products rise. Unless and until the machin ery gets back into well-oiled condition, there are bound to be more squeaks and squawks ahead...