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- 1001: The 1960's
- ... grass, mary jane, weed) became widely used. However, some were smoking hash, taking mescaline, peyote, LSD, barbiturates and sedatives. The list goes on and on. And it was only the beginning. Drug use was everywhere. Rock musicians used drugs frequently and openly. Their compositions were riddled with references to drugs, from the Beatles' "I get high with a little help from my friends" to the Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit." The ...
- 1002: The Gold Rush
- ... in which there is a great amount of gold even the most responsible people might just leave their homes, and business.They will run and crawl just to put their fingertips in the all mighty rock. In 1839 John Augustus Sutter migrated from Switzerland into California. While in California, Sutter met a Spanish Governor who believed Sutter was a European noble. For this reason Sutter was able to persuade the governor ...
- 1003: The 1960's
- ... mary jane, weed) was their favorite preparation. however, some were smoking hash, taking mescaline, peyote, lsd, barbiturates and sedatives. The list goes on and on. and it was only the beginning. Drug use was everywhere. rock musicians used drugs frequently and openly. their compositions were riddled with references to drugs, from the beatles' "i get high with a little help from my friends" to the jefferson airplane's "white rabbit." Space ...
- 1004: The Turbulent Sixties
- ... known as Haight-Ashbury. Haight-Ashbury was the Mecca of the counterculture movement. It was here that the hippies set up communal living, sharing large Victorian style houses, setting up free clinics, and staging sporadic rock concerts. The culmination of the counterculture, as well as of the entire decade occurred on a large patch of farmland in Bethel, New York, and is referred to as the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival ...
- 1005: The 60s and Freedom
- ... world. In one of Rubin's works, it is implied that the people of that era considered drugs as a tool for love and peace. " 'There's got to be more love in this room: Roll some more joints'" (We Are All Human Be-ins 39). Because of the youths' great desire to achieve a univesal sense of peace and harmony, drugs were sometimes a very important part of one's ...
- 1006: The 1960s: Happenings, Causes, and Effects
- ... mary jane, weed) was their favorite preparation. however, some were smoking hash, taking mescaline, peyote, lsd, barbiturates and sedatives. The list goes on and on. and it was only the beginning. Drug use was everywhere. rock musicians used drugs frequently and openly. their compositions were riddled with references to drugs, from the beatles' "i get high with a little help from my friends" to the jefferson airplane's "white rabbit." Space ...
- 1007: The History Of Corvettes
- ... barrel V-8 which at 240 horses could do 0 to 60 under seven seconds. The first styling change happened in '56. Changes included an all new body with "scooped out" sides, outside door handles, roll-up windows and an optional removable hardtop. The parking break alarm, courtesy lights, windshield washer, and the hydraulic folding top mechanism were all mandatory options that were made optional that year. The !957 Corvette got ...
- 1008: Radio - Making Waves In America
- ... during World War I, radio was used primarily to send long distance messages across continents and oceans. Reginald A. Fessenden made the first radio broadcast in the U.S. from an experimental station in Brant Rock, Massachusetts on Dec. 24, 1906. It was a Christmas eve program of music, and a speech from the inventor (Marconi). FessendenΥs first broadcast was for entertainment, but radio wasnΥt to be used widely as such ...
- 1009: How A Car Motor Works
- Have you ever gotten smoked in a stoplight confrontation by a lesser car that you should have creamed? Does your buddy with his almost stock car pull away from you in a roll on a consistent basis? Tired of losing in front of the crowds at the local strip? Does the local "Guru" who works at your friendly neighborhood speed shop intimidate you with quasi-scientific B.S ...
- 1010: Hackers
- ... message areas on "anarchist" boards are quite active, "chatty" messages are not discouraged. Indeed there are normally several different message areas devoted to a wide range of topics including everything from "skipping school" to "punk rock." The files area contains both warez (but normally only the newest 53 games, and specific to the computer system that the board runs on) and phreak/hack text files. Neither collection is as extensive as ...
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