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The hats come in a multitude of fabulous colors and are made mostly of zinchilla (fleece). They come with bells and sans bells. They are mysterious. Why do so many students wear them? Are jester hats just another style? Are they merely an attention-getting trend? Or does wearing them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jesting, Jesting, One, Two, Three | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

Since the middle ages, the Jester hat has been a rollicking reminder of life's lighter side. Also known as the fool, the Jester was an often deformed or dwarfed comic entertainer whose idiocy, whether real or cleverly affected, provided amusement for exalted members of the medieval court. According to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jesting, Jesting, One, Two, Three | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

FS: Let's see, if I was going to generalize, I would say it's mostly people ages 16-24--a lot of young beer-drinking men who think of it as a joke, and just do it for the hell of it. It's definitely a source of amusement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jesting, Jesting, One, Two, Three | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

Next stop on FMs' search for the source of this puzzling fad: the Lampoon. FM consults with a former Lampoon editor. "Well, basically the Lampoon was founded by a bunch of Masons who believed in subverting the system. If you don't wear a three-tailed cap with bells, that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jesting, Jesting, One, Two, Three | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

Smith and Malone had been an odd couple from the start. Smith, 56, an amateur actor and playwright who turned Bell Atlantic into the most venturesome of the seven Baby Bells, had come up through the staid bureaucratic ranks of AT&T before its breakup in 1984. Malone, 52, is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disconnected | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

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