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...human jack 'o'lanterns are here, dripping with the toxic waste of their native New Jersey. Forget the last 10 days of October. Halloween, in the form of the Princeton Tigers, has definitely arrived...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Things That Go Bump | 10/22/1983 | See Source »

...Mercury Theatre of the Air of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (no relative). Author Wells's classic pseudo-scientific thriller about how the men from Mars invade earth in a flying cylinder was first published in 1898. That its broadcast on Halloween Eve 1938 caused something pretty close to national hysteria was not entirely due to the timelessness of the Wells story, the persuasive microphone technique of Orson ("The Shadow") Welles or the stupidity of the U. S. radio audience. Recent concern over a possible European Armageddon has badly spooked the U. S. public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO 1938: Orson Welles's Broadcast of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

From the opening bus station farewell between Andrew and his parents, instantly recognizable to anyone who's ever taken a trip any where, to the Halloween party alligator who greets people, "Hi, want to buy a shirt?" Class is an eclectic collage of moments. Jonathan's romance includes an outrageous glass elevator seduction. "I love elevators. I love the way they go up and down." Some how school existence and his nature sexual involvement forces reassuringly to the son, not the mother...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: Ahead of the Class | 7/22/1983 | See Source »

...Down There and thickens the sound. But while the effort may alike the group to play about without totally following its listeners, the playing needn't strakes all. More serious is the new sound's tendency to conflict with, rather than support the singing. It even happens (as on "Halloween") that the noise buries the song...

Author: By Douglas S. Selin, | Title: Sweet Dream | 2/24/1983 | See Source »

...unbeaten University of Missouri-St Louis in the quarterfinals But, the Crimson seems to be peaking at just the right time With a trip to Orlando Honda for the semi-finals as an added bonus the playoff magic or "emotional intensity" that seems to come with the passing of Halloween, may be enough to boost the booters over the second-ranked team in the country and keep the tradition of tournament success alive...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: That November Playoff Magic | 11/12/1982 | See Source »

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