Investigations: Costume Party

One bare-chested guest in a beret was ejected for wearing a bandolier of live ammunition. Hirsute Abbie Hoffman stopped twirling his yo-yo long enough to raise his hand and ask gravely "May I go to the bathroom?" Nancy Kurshan, clad as a witch, alternately burned incense and smooched with a brown-bearded, bell-bearing friend. She identified her organization as the Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell, and intoned:

Peace groups, the international student conspiracy. The Revolution—all are our children. We concocted Chicago from one Bat for peace, Numerous Democratic toads, And a...

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