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John Bassett McCleary's 'Hippie Dictionary' Captures Peace & Love for Posterity

By Anneli Rufus
East Bay Express | August 12, 2009
At first, McCleary says, "The Hippie Dictionary sounded almost like an oxymoron." Yet the more he thought about it, the more he realized that "many new and exciting words and emotions were developed during this profound period of time."
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