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Other students had less academic worries. "I'm going to miss The Grinch tonight," said Kenneth B. Blye...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lights Go Out In Eliot House | 12/13/1983 | See Source »

Just about the only way the Grinch could steal this holly-jolly Christmas would be for stores to run out of merchandise. Having been stuck with unsold goods last year, many retailers ordered too cautiously for this season. Still, a few empty shelves will be more appealing to shopkeepers than empty aisles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tidings of Profit and Joy | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...American Civil Liberties Union, whose state affiliates have brought many of the legal challenges, stresses that it has no Grinch-like objection to Christmas. Says Glorian Schneider, head of the South Dakota A.C.L.U. and a vocal foe of the crèche at the capitol in Pierre: "People get the idea I'm a Communist. I have a Nativity scene in my home, and we have one in our church." Argued Attorney Jonathan Chase in an A.C.L.U.-backed federal suit against Denver: "It's not the city's business to keep Christ in Christmas. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The Crusade Against Cr | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

...Grinch Stole Christmas," Dec. 18. This is the 17th rebroadcast of the animated Dr. Seuss classic, which follows one miser's ill-fated attempt to erase Christmas from the village of Whoville. The late Boris Karloff provides the voice of Grinch, as well as all the other voices and narration...

Author: By Gilbert Fuchsberg, | Title: Rudolph, E. T., and Johnny Cash | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

Provoked by such incidents, and the prominent display they got almost nightly on TV news last week, more than 40 communities in the U.S. banned Halloween trick-or-treating. "I feel like the Grinch-you know, the one who stole Christmas," said Councilman Paul Sharp of Hammond, La., which enacted a ban. Rhode Island Governor J. Joseph Garrahy urged parents to substitute Halloween house parties for trick-or-treating, and New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean signed a law mandating six months in jail for anyone convicted of contaminating Halloween candy, even if no one was harmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Copycats Are on the Prowl | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

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