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Bilious blue bloods and asthmatic aristocrats have sipped the strong waters of La Bourboule for centuries. The heady brew burbling up from radioactive springs around the French spa is spiced with arsenic and bicarbonate of soda and, so the Bourbouliens say, is good for anemia, rheumatism, diabetes, postprandial bloat, intermittent fevers and a host of other ailments. Sooner or later, shrewd Gallic hôteliers were sure to figure that what is good for man is also good for beasts. One fellow with the soul of a pressagent finally hit on the thought that a swig or two from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winning Waters | 7/30/1956 | See Source »

...alcohol" on the car, but the prefix "methyl" meant nothing to them. Agog with the prospect of a gay weekend, they drained off 22 gallons of methyl alcohol still in the bottom of the tank and carried it off in a big black drum to be mixed into home brew. But first they decided to have a quick taste all around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Deadly Drink | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

...Cairns, indoor 1000 champion, could run off with the 880 crown, although either Brew or Dick Schar, also of Dartmouth, could...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Track Team Ranked Third To Favored Cornell in Heptagonals | 5/11/1956 | See Source »

...black, however. Pete Reider, indoor two-mile champion, will probably win outdoors, although Dartmouth's Doug Brew and Army's Lou Quantannens might provide keen competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Track Team Ranked Third To Favored Cornell in Heptagonals | 5/11/1956 | See Source »

Testimonial. In Sydney, Australia, Mrs. Jennie Batey asked the court to restrain her husband from hitting her, complained: "He goes mad with drink, says it's like mother's milk to him and as long as they brew it he'll be on his feet drinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 30, 1956 | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

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