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...fail to understand why every fad, like the playing of portable radios in public [July 23], must be scrutinized under a microscope to determine how many of a given ethnic group participate and why. "Box toting" is as much a craze as goldfish swallowing and marathon contests. This, as the others, will pass...
...flew through the window of the Charlesbank Trust Co. But to von Schmidt, the Cambridge folk scene survived the flames and cultural demolition which devoured "the moment" at the end of the '60s. The Cambridge folk scene, he asserts, is a part of American musical history--not as a fad, but as a unique, valid and genuine musical "scene...
Margaret Streeter '79, a former figure ice skater, said yesterday that she thinks the rollerskating fad is great, although she is concerned about the danger from falling on rough pavement or dodging speeding cars. But she added that because of the energy crunch skating is a great idea: "Instead of getting in your car just put on your skates and roll to the store...
...German fad for the Old West dates back to the 1890s, when Buffalo Bill toured Germany with enormous success. His visit coincided with the popularity of potboilers by Karl May, who wrote Zane Grey-style novels about an Old West he had never seen. Since then, with May's books selling in the millions, Germany has never forgotten its home on the range...
Forty years ago, a few students weren't thinking about working. March marked the anniversary of the national goldfish swallowing fad, begun at Harvard by Lothrop Worthington '42. Worthington said eating goldfish is "just a question of mind over matter, a conditioning thing. Like eating oysters...