Word: tripper
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...highs, Siegel reports an even more abundant choice: he examined 396 herbs and spices available singly or blended. Although 43 of them contain psychoactive agents, most are so weak that only heavy overindulgence is likely to produce mental effects requiring medical treatment. Yet one California tea tripper who made his own brew from Jimson weed "had hallucinations with scenes of demons, devils and voodoo people chasing him." He wandered barefoot in the woods for hours, over nettles and thorns that lacerated his feet and left them bloody, but felt no pain. He set fires to keep away the voodoo people...
...tucked off in the corner of the yard, kind of out of the way, kind of unobtrusive, kind of nondescript... In the vernacular of convicts it's known as the "iron pile" and is the pastime for weight lifters, body builders and ego trippers ... From work call to lunch hour, ironpushin' regulars hit the pile with predictable regularity ... To them, working out is a contest of who is the strongest, who is the baddest... As the sun slides down ... style is now trump and all hands hold the boss suit. Pump-up freaks are in the game; they...
...week, the man who said that he would be satisfied with 30 home runs this year already had 37−the fourth highest total in the majors. Going into the 1973 season, Aaron was averaging one home run for every 16 at-bats. Now he is hitting one round-tripper every nine times he goes to the plate. The old man, in fact, is having a golden autumn. In his last 14 games, Aaron hit six homers, drove in 17 runs and batted a lusty...
Cronin pitched three innings in relief, allowing only a solo wind-aided round-tripper in the eighth inning...
...soul, Doug Sahm has come up with a rollicking bag of songs that combine the best of both the white and black rural traditions. The undeniable excitement of the recording is the result, perhaps, of the presence of a number of distinguished "extra" sidemen: Dr. John the Night Tripper, Guitarist David Bromberg, and, of all people. Bob Dylan, who plays guitar, harmonica and organ and even lends a little vocal counterpoint to (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone...