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~She is looking for examples to illustrate this; cases where incidents may
~have been strongly influenced or inspired by film,
 
I seem to remember that in Boston after  the movie "Fuzz" had Det. Carella
looking for people who were setting fire to derelicts, that a case in Boston
and another here in Chicago had similar incidents which made quite a stir in
the press.
               Gerald Forshey
               Prof. Humanities and Philosophy
               City Colleges of Chicago