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...subtitle of Weiskopf's 2004 book, Yaje: The New Purgatory, suggests, ayahuasca is not for the faint of heart - or stomach. Drinking a few ounces of the sludgy brown liquid usually leads to a violent purge from both ends of the body. Beat Generation novelist William Burroughs, seeking to get high on Colombian ayahuasca in the early 1960s, described hurling himself against a tree and barfing six times. At a recent ceremony on the outskirts of Bogotá, most of the 40 participants packed sleeping bags, water bottles - and rolls of toilet paper. Sting, in a Rolling Stone interview, made...
...Even trickier for a Democratic Administration is telling hard truths to the union. On that score, Obama's toughness has gained him some street cred in business circles - even drawing faint praise from a Wall Street Journal editorial. The task force has made it clear that GM can't afford the renegotiated wage-and-benefits package the UAW agreed to in 2007. Even using GM's best-case scenario, the company projected a negative net cash flow of $14.5 billion over the next six years. Most of that deficit can be accounted for in retiree health and pension benefits - which...
...heels.It’s a good thing I was getting numb. Because the din finally got so bad that Reverend Lewis stopped talking. It was just for a second, but he looked right at me, all the way from up on high. I was finally ready to faint. But Ezekiel kept going as the reverend looked back up and said “Please” to the congregation before continuing.I got to the pew and saw Daddy turn. His face was healthy for one moment and then, just like the reverend’s, it went dead.I stood...
...upon by local youths. (The firm has since resumed normal service.) On Stephenson Street, around the corner from the depot, houses thrown up in the time of Dickens have long since made way for barbed wire-laced industrial units, the grinding of saws behind closed doors drowning out the faint crackle of the power lines overhead. Inside a tiny corrugated iron shell, the air thick with the smell of fried eggs and sausage, Ahmet Yucetan's café relies on the local laborers for its trade. Business is down 30% in recent weeks, and he's already laid...
...chips, but because you stole a bag of chips. Next time you plan on pulling a badass move, try stealing something a bit more filling—maybe a nice slab of porterhouse steak or at least a foot-long (okay fine: a six-inch, for the faint of heart...