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PROVIDENCE, R.I. has never had much of a reputation. As capital of the most diminutive state in the Union, and home of Brown University--which shrewd young people recognize as an ephemeral fad and old folks remember as the school you went to if you couldn't get in anywhere else--it even lost its minor-league hockey team, the Rhode Island Reds, a few years back...
...choosing Hart, the Democratic primary voters are reflecting the intellectual caliber of their party. Today's Democrats lack a coherent philosophy; they seize on the personality who best fits the fad...
...state. An impartial political referee would probably award the match to Hart on points. He won states large (Florida, Massachusetts) and small (Rhode Island), and some where his campaign barely existed at the beginning of March (Washington, Nevada). He proved that his candidacy is not a flashy fad but a national movement...
Some parents find it less cool that their children are obsessed with war-related clothing. But most consider the fad relatively harmless. For youngsters, moreover, the protective coloring can have its uses. Phyllis Dixon, of Bob's Army Surplus in Raleigh, recalls one mother who came home to find her entire neighborhood dressed in camouflage. Says Dixon: "She couldn't find her own kid because they all looked alike." -By Richard Zoglin. Reported by Carol Fletcher/Chicago and Stanley W. Robblns/Atlanta
Perhaps America can survive only so long without losing its head over a new fad, and then something or other has to be seized upon, advertised, yearned for, bought and sold. Coleco Industries' surprised president, Arnold C. Greenberg, who manufactures the Cabbage Patch Kids, does not have much of an explanation for his stunning success either. His version: "The fact that the child can literally have a unique, loving, bonding experience separates it from other dolls." But Greenberg, who has been criticized for his extreme optimism, also likes to say: "We really create the market. We create the demand...