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...with short biographies of celebrities who had died of overdoses. Although the effect of such films on children today has probably been greatly diffused by constant exposure to drugs in all forms, it did the trick in '72. We felt nauseated and afraid. That year, everyone began checking their Halloween candy for needle-puncture marks...
...seems strange--at least to one who put away her black cat costume about seven years ago--that there should be such a fuss this year over Halloween...
Nevertheless, for weeks before this Halloween, parents groups mobilized either to ban the holiday altogether, or arrange substitute activities for disappointed lots. Aldermen and city councils all over the country debated their right to call a halt to trick-or-treating P. T. A. task forces patrolled neighborhood stores to watch for product contaminations. Local hospitals offered to X-ray the loot...
...professors though devoted a little more planning to the Halloween rites, James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government, offered M&M's candy, he said, "since they're tamper-proof...
Margolis also had an outstanding game against Brown, needing no Halloween costume to send shivers down the spines of Bruin QB Joe Potter. On one notable play in the first half, Potter dropped back to pass, and the protection looked adequate. All of a sudden, he glanced over his left shoulder and saw Margolis, all alone, coming with nostrils flaring. Potter panicked, as he did much of the afternoon, and just let the ball go. The pass hopped, skipped and jumped its way to an incompletion...