Word: branded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Veith points out that in many of the conditions for which acupuncture is recommended there is a large emotional factor. Acupuncturists may be practicing a brand of psychosomatic medicine in which the patient's self-hypnosis plays an important part. Dr. Tom Po-chin, a China-trained acupuncturist now living (but not practicing) in San Francisco, says succinctly: "There's nothing miraculous about acupuncture. It's pragmatic medicine, based on thousands of years of application." One certainty is that for many patients, acupuncture helps-somehow...
...Hill English Darts in San Francisco. The darts themselves come in an enormous variety of sizes and shapes, from simple wooden affairs to the Ambassador model, which boasts a gold-plated barrel and genuine feathers called flights. Aficionados would not be caught dead without their own favorite brand of dart. The standard board, favored by USDA and a fixture in most English pubs, is made of tightly packed sisal fiber and marked off in 20 pieshaped sections with a score value of from 1 to 20, and inner and outer bull's-eyes worth 50 and 25 points respectively...
...practically everyone knows by now, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex-But Were Afraid to Ask is the title of a bestselling book. Now a brand-new Manhattan service will answer all those questions about sex you are afraid to ask-without demanding the price of a book. By dialing 212-867-9044, bashful callers can get the answer to any question about sex without revealing their names. Started last month by Nurse-Psychologist Ann Welbourne, 28, the Community Sex Information and Education Service Inc. has ten paid staffers with training in sociology and psychology, plus a team...
...ordered the recall of all products prepared by Bon Vivant Soups, Inc. of Newark, N.J. The task is proving complicated. The company processes 4,000,000 cans of food a year-mostly soup-under its own name plus 34 other labels. Some of the cans bearing such well-known brand names as Gristede's, S.S. Pierce and Marshall Field are in fact Bon Vivant products...
...checks gets down to the last leaf," said Viet Nam Veteran Steve Verich of Akron, Ohio, traveling in West Germany. "When I was in the jungle, I vowed that if I ever got out alive, I'd spend a long time in Europe-drinking the local brand and making it with all the chicks until I got my fill. Then I'd return home to do something constructive. But now my traveler's checks are nearly gone, and I still haven't any notion of what I should do back home, or even who I really...