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...Florid & Terrifying." Southern California devotees proclaim the alleged benefits of LSD with evangelistic fervor. They say it brings supernatural powers. It does not, say U.C.L.A. psychiatrists. Some say it is an aphrodisiac. It is not. They say it helps the user to solve his emotional problems. It may-but only if the solution is already in the mind, hidden behind an emotional block...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psychiatry: An Epidemic of Acid Heads | 3/11/1966 | See Source »

Called Water Pik, this new bathroom accessory pumps out a thin stream of water that can be regulated from a trickle to a jet. When turned on full blast, the jet of water flushes out food, tickles the ivories and massages the gums, giving a user the invigorating impression that he has just had his teeth professionally cleaned. Its reservoir tank can be filled with anything from mouthwash to vodka, according to the owner's taste. Water Pik also converts into one of the world's most devastating water pistols. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gadgets: Tickling the Ivories | 10/1/1965 | See Source »

...escapes the notice of the country's watchers. When the seas begin to seep into fresh-water wells near Tel Aviv, engineers pump fresh water into rock cavities between the wells and the sea, building up a barrier against seawater intrusion. Since agriculture is Israel's heaviest user of water, Israeli scientists are systematically searching for the answer to a question that has plagued farmers throughout history: How much water does each crop actually need? Using radioactive tracer materials, American-born Soil Physicist Daniel Hillel is keeping track of irrigation water as it enters the fields...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hydrology: A Question of Birthright | 10/1/1965 | See Source »

...floor manager for the bill, Arkansas Democrat Wilbur Mills, chairm'an of the House Ways and Means Committee, explained that of the four types of excise taxes now in effect-user taxes (gasoline, airline tickets), regulatory (opium, betting, machine guns), sumptuary (alcohol, tobacco), and selective, or so-called luxury-only the luxury tax would be affected. Said he: "The excise taxes which this bill repeals were initially levied as emergency revenue-raising measures at the time of the Korean War, World War II, or at the time of the Depression of the 1930s. As a result, they represent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: When Luxuries Become Necessities | 6/11/1965 | See Source »

...taking psychedelie drugs could be dangerous, but that one shouldn't be afraid of them. He compared the "adventure" of the journey into inner-space is flying a plane. Just as a pilot must know how to land as well as how to take off. Albert explained a drug user must know how to "re-enter his mind once he has left...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alpert Lectures At the Vanguard | 4/21/1965 | See Source »

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