found: Work cat.: Raves and "club drugs" : what you should know, 2001(from Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission)
found: Online, Apr. 23, 2001:Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang (rave, rave-up n British: a wild party, dance or occasion of abandoned behaviour. A usage originating in bohemian circles in the late 1950s. In the early 1960s the word was taken up by mods and shortly thereafter by the media and the older generation ... More recently still the acid house youth cult adopted the word to refer to their celebrations ... By 1990 schoolchildren were also using the word as a synonym for party.)
found: Am. her. dict. of Eng. lang., 4th ed., 2000:Rave (noun. 4. Chiefly British A raucous party; a rave-up)
found: Encarta world Eng. dict.(rave, n.: large-scale party or club event at which pop music is played, lasting sometimes all night)
found: Online BoulderNews.com, Apr. 23, 2001:Morgan, H. PLUR (Raves are about Peace, Love, Unity, Respect and music ... and drugs. Boulder [Colo.] parents worry that raves are a dangerous new form of rebellion, an excuse for kids to stay out all night in the company of drug dealers and bad influences. Raves also serve as a way for teenagers to hide their whereabouts ...)
found: Dictionary of Law(rave n. An assembly, unlicensed by the local authority, of 100 or more people, partly or entirely in the open air, at which amplified music is played during the night and is likely to cause serious distress to local inhabitants ...)
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