Word: crazed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time and all over the place in the U.S. The necessity of naming 3 million babies a year is only one source of nameless stress. Americans continually leap into flaps and furors over the naming and renaming of things and places. It amounts to a national obsession, or craze, or fascination, or mania-name it what you will-and it seems to be getting livelier all the time...
...sinsemillas craze has crossed the border into northern California, where Humboldt County police claim that pot cultivation jumped this year by 500%. In small towns like Garberville, marijuana has assumed an influential role in local business. Says Ted Kogon, owner of the Evergreen Natural Foods and Access Store: "Every shop along Main Street is underwritten with dope money." Hyperbole perhaps, but many local citizens are convinced that the weed has boosted prosperity. "If it's ever legalized, it will be a great industry for this county," asserts Rick Nelson, managing editor of the regional daily Times-Standard...
Feeding a candy craze...
...precious cargo whose street value in New York would be double its West Coast price. Thousands of packs were unloaded at one distributor's warehouse, then channeled stealthily to selected candy and variety shops. Candy shops? Yes, the cargo was destined to feed the latest kid candy craze: Pop Rocks. Says the Brooklyn distributor: "The kids are like junkies-hungry for the stuff. It's the fastest-moving new candy I've ever seen...
When Sha Na Na burst onto the national scene in 1969 with their hair greased back and their tee shirts rolled up, they kicked off the 50's nostalgia craze and the rock 'n' roll revival. They came before "American Graffiti," before "Happy Days," before "Grease"--even before the Fonz...