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SURE, THERE have always been "Fire" Jolly Ranchers and Cinnamon Red Hots. but recently the candy company testing kitchens have decided that "pain" is the new craze in confections. As a consequence, the industry is flooding the shelves with vinegary, scorching, tongue-battering products meant to maim...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: We're in for Some Nasty Candies | 7/28/1992 | See Source »

That's right, ostriches. Lured by the promise of doubling or even tripling their investment, Americans from Maine to California are flocking to buy the big birds, convinced that they're on to the hottest thing since the chinchilla craze of the 1950s. Suzanne Shingler, part owner of Fowler Farms near Albany, Ga., has discovered the magic of ostrich farming, and the gaze she directs at the large ivory-colored egg in her hands has all the gleam of a gold-rush prospector's. "In a few months," chirps Shingler, "this precious baby will be worth $6,000." It will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This Bird a TURKEY? | 7/13/1992 | See Source »

...Super Soaker craze may be the latest sign of a jaded society's need for ever-increasing thrills: more drug use, more transvestites on Donahue, more fire power in our water guns...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Super Soaker Squirt Weapon Spurs Boston Controversy | 6/27/1992 | See Source »

This national craze apparently influenced the nearly 130,000 students currently enrolled in law schools is finally beginning to level off after two decades of dramatic growth...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, LAWYER? | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

...nationwide craze over the candidacy of Taxes billionaire H. Ross Perot has spread to the Boston area, but several Harvard students involved in his volunteer network have become disillusioned with the candidate...

Author: By Brain D. Ellison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Campus Support for Perot Dwindling | 5/20/1992 | See Source »

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