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With exam period in full swing, Square merchants are reporting a sharp increase in No-Doz sales to sleepy-eyed students. Although sleeping pills and tranquilizers are not quite keeping pace with No-Doz sales, which have tripled at many stores, vitamin pills and Metrecal are also going at a faster rate than usual.
"You get 'em both ways," explained one smiling druggist. "Before exams they're desperate to stay awake--and afterwards they're so keyed up they can't sleep."
One cafeteria manager regretfully remarked, "There have been very few students around recently, unfortunately. I'll be glad when exams are over. Jim Cronin, however, reported a booming business, beginning at 12:30 when students straggle in from morning exams. "They come in whether they hit or miss," against pushing it back any further, he said. "If they think they've done well, they drink to celebrate; if they've messed up a final, they come in to drown their sorrows."
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