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...with the application of equal dollops of the fat of a lion, a hippopotamus, a crocodile and a serpent. "Ashes of little frogs, applyed suddenly, cureth the Fall of Hair," promised another early recipe. Through the receding centuries, man has tried to treat the bane of baldness with elm-tree bark, watercress, onions, creosote, cholesterol and cortisone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Bald Is Beautiful | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

...only a case of the butler's doing it. Over the years, whenever Lady felt bad or Woody was hot on a new clue, you could count on the rest of us catching grief. To dramatize such things, Mr. Tryon scheduled a hurricane, a flood and the Dutch elm disease. Not to mention yearly blizzards of cliches. But the wisdom that Lady revealed to Woody strikes some people as priceless. "Man is made to suffer, they say," she once opined. On another of many "memorable" occasions, she tossed off one of her best remarks: "People are people wherever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tourist Trap | 12/9/1974 | See Source »

...Afro-American Studies department here. The purpose of the exhibit is to show the similarity of themes and styles used by Black artists around the world, and through them to make a statement on the kinship of Black people. The show will be at the Museum, 122 Elm Hill Avenue in Dorchester, through...

Author: By Kathy Garrett, | Title: GALLERIES | 12/5/1974 | See Source »

...fault the basic decencies in which he had been reared. His manners were not from Emily Post, nor was his style out of the Washington salons. Jerry Ford's politeness and concern for his Asian hosts were pure prairie, the stuff that was nurtured on the Elm Streets by people who had to get along with each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: A Time to Put the Big Jets to Rest | 12/2/1974 | See Source »

...willing to take a long walk, hop a bus or drive to near Porter Square you can buy truly delicious home-made ice cream made on the premises of a one-store operation, Steve's Ice Cream, 191 Elm St. The atmosphere is simple and cheery. And Steve has a great gimmick: if you opt for the 50 cent rather than the 30 cent scoop you can have additions such as nuts, crushed heath bars and fruit kneaded in for 5 cents apiece. The store's growing popularity and extensive publicity, however, have resulted in nightmarishly long lines every evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ice Cream | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

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