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...Wine: Fermented juice of grapes." -Webster's International Dictionary "Crush the pulp and stone of dates in a container, mix with hot water, clarify with lead acetate, add sugar to the mixture, then add chloridic acid. Heat to 60 or 70 degrees Centigrade. Let cool immediately and neutralize with potash." -Fake-wine recipe quoted in Italian court
...origin of the wine's restorative power is being called into question: Ferrari wine, charged the prosecution, is artificial. Police cited a variety of recipes for making such concoctions, listing such unlikely ingredients as tar acid, ammonia, glycerin, zinc sulphate, seaweed, banana paste, citric acid, lactic acid, a pungent liquid dredged from the bottom of banana boats, and ox's blood. The prosecution also said that illegal chemical substances and hidden vats of artificial wine were seized at the Ferrari plants...
...seemed impressive, Dr. Krasno conceded that longer-range studies involving many more subjects are needed. The Heart Institute project has so far recruited 4,800 men for testing, and will eventually have 8,400 at 55 clinics across the U.S. The test program involves four drugs: dextrothyroxine (Choloxin), nicotinic acid (niacin) and estrogens (female sex hormones) in addition to clofibrate. Unlike the Krasno study...
...measures, Abrasimov archly suggested, the simplest way to resolve the situation was for it to recognize the East German government as an independent sovereign state and to establish normal diplomatic relations. In fact, Abrasimov stressed that Moscow regards West Germany's attitude toward East Germany as the acid test for any future dialogue between the Soviet Union and Bonn. Intimating that Bonn's three Western allies lack both effective means and the political will to enforce civilian access to Berlin, he warned that the West Germans would be rendered isolated and helpless unless Bonn recognizes East Germany...
...must admit that I was sorely disappointed by your portrayal of the graduating Class of 1968. I ask you, what percentage of the graduates look like that long-haired, bearded, psychedelic "freak-out" on your cover? Our society is sick with the pseudo intellectuals, acid heads and hippies...