Word: walke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lately become familiar with the accounts of some users who report dazzling states of heightened awareness or mystical experiences worthy of St. Teresa of Avila; others claim insights that have changed their lives. In John Mersey's latest novel, Too Far to Walk, the Devil feeds Faustus LSD ("The closest equivalent to infinity in sheer living"). There have also been stories of "bad trips"-writhing nightmares that end in the nearest psychiatric ward. Occasionally LSD is a one-way trip. Since the recent flood of sensational publicity about LSD has let up somewhat, it is possible to assess...
...Hollywood mogul, a Broadway producer and a noted drama critic all agree that 60% of stage and screen performers are using it. Los Angeles has a dance joint called The Trip, and until recently featured one called Lysergic a Go-Go. "Acid heads" are apt to "turn on" in walk-up pads and ride-up penthouses-but seldom in slums, where people want their escape straight rather than disguised as "insights" or "breakthroughs." LSD so far is strictly a middle-class phenomenon...
...Kerry's Corner an isolated reflection of events of the past several decades. Walk away from Harvard Square in any direction and the parked cars tell the story. They are from Connecticut, Wisconsin, New York, and West Virginia. The Massachusetts plates are there, but not until the Square is a good fifteen or twenty minutes away do they really push aside their out-of-state competitors...
...strike out on "substantial." A few turn their room lights off and on in unison and then rush outside making animal noises, but fail to capture the popular imagination. One day later 1000 students gather in the Square and shout "Jaywalk! Jaywalk!" They then repeatedly cross Mass on the "Walk" signal...
...Safety-conscious controllers in Houston vetoed the scheme, instead electronically commanded ATDA's movable docking collar to extend and contract, in a vain try to shake the shroud loose. Another idea was to allow Astronaut Cernan to pry or cut the shroud loose during his scheduled space walk; this was also rejected for fear that the sharp edges might puncture his space suit. Houston reluctantly called off the docking operation, reshuffled the schedule, and ordered Stafford and Cernan to back off from the ATDA and rendezvous with it twice more-using techniques never before attempted...