- Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American psychologist and author known for strongly advocating psychedelic drugs. Evaluations of Leary are polarized, ranging from “bold oracle” to “publicity hound”. According to poet Allen Ginsberg, he was “a hero of American consciousness”, while writer Tom Robbins called him a “brave neuronaut”. President Richard Nixon disagreed, calling Leary “the most dangerous man in America”. During the 1960s and 1970s, at the height of the counterculture movement, Leary was arrested 36 times.
- Qatar (Wikipedia)
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The Gulf of Bahrain, an inlet of the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from nearby Bahrain. The capital is Doha, home to over 80% of the country’s inhabitants, and the land area is mostly made up of flat, low-lying desert.