Word: elixirs
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Estrogen is indeed the closest thing in modern medicine to an elixir of youth -- a drug that slows the ravages of time for women. It is already the No. 1 prescription drug in America, and it is about to hit its demographic sweet spot: the millions of baby boomers now experiencing their first hot flashes. What Wilson didn't appreciate, but what today's women should know, is that, like every other magic potion, this one has a dark side. To gain the full benefits of estrogen, a woman must take it not only at menopause but also for decades...
...better word for it -- by the magazine's present owner, Mort Zuckerman. It's hard to avoid smugness when recounting one's triumphs, and the author does not always succeed. Manning got his start at the Binghamton (N.Y.) Press, which had been founded by the maker of an alcoholic elixir called Swamp Root. Interesting factoid, but it's a bit of a reach for a cutesy-poo title...
...about as reliable a predictive tool as newspaper horoscopes. In 1960 neither Kennedy nor Nixon hinted at the looming U.S. involvement in Vietnam. In four debates, they fielded only two questions on civil rights. In 1980 Ronald Reagan got off scot-free when he confidently forecast that his economic elixir of tax cuts and defense hikes would miraculously produce "a balanced budget by 1983, if not earlier." At least in 1988 Ann Compton of ABC deserved credit for pressing George Bush: "Isn't the phrase 'no new taxes' misleading the voters?" With mangled syntax, Bush responded lamely, "No because that...
...elixir is exercise. "It is euphoric; it releases me," he claims. "I run two miles three times a week at about 9 1/2 minutes a mile. I play tennis, golf and horseshoes. Keeps you human, keeps you going. Take fishing. It is not competitive, but it is totally relaxing. I concentrate on where the cast is going. I can get my mind free of other things...
...change operations, domestic discord and even the Deity: "Well God can turn the world around/ And he can push it in the dirt/ And he can tear it all apart/ He don't care who'all gets hurt/ Oh, something ain't right." The mix is intoxicating -- a dark elixir candy-coated with buoyant melodies and lyrics that smile even as they bite. At once scathing and funny, swinging and strange, UH-OH is Little Creatures with dancing feet...