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...marketing plain sea water at $20 a gallon, $1.25 a glass as a cure for "mineral deficiencies," one Michael Lee of Alameda, Calif. was fined $1,000. Thus ended a thriving business, with $30,000 a year in profits, 200 active sales agencies, and no production costs at all except packaging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Business, Jun. 29, 1942 | 6/29/1942 | See Source »

...going through the book twice. We recommend as a solution reading it through an ordinary stereoscope, which can be purchased at your local novelty store if you don't happen to have one lying about the house. This will make the copy thoroughly legible and is also a reliable cure for astigmatism...

Author: By E.l. ., | Title: ON THE SHELF | 6/11/1942 | See Source »

...Sane. Dr. Masserman left the animals to their phobias and conflicts for several months, then set out to cure them by psychiatric sessions in the experimental cage. One group he treated by "reassurance and suggestion." The cats were gently carried to the feedbox, stroked and fondled, petted and coaxed to eat. At first, when the doctor stopped stroking, the cats stopped feeding. But gradually they lost their fears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Catatonic Cats | 6/8/1942 | See Source »

This Is Blitz (Canadian documentary of blitz warfare, its cause & cure; TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Jun. 1, 1942 | 6/1/1942 | See Source »

...cure is just as easy to devise as the gyp itself. A requirement that all X-card holders obtain books of coupons, each worth a definite number of gallons, would solve the riddle. There need be no limit on the number of tickets a person may have, but every purchase of motor fuel must be accompanied by an exchange of coupons. Total sales for each station could then be easily checked against the number of coupons clipped. Some such arrangement, if adopted, would mean that New England's chances of having gas next fall need not depend on the activities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ration Racket | 5/27/1942 | See Source »

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