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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Author Turner's most savage anecdotes are from the annals of court medicine. In a day when only God could save a King, a typical court quack was John of Gaddesden (probably Chaucer's "verrey parfit practisour"). John went so far as to publish a list of ailments that, financially, were beneath his notice. His gaudiest feat: curing Edward I's son of smallpox by swaddling the boy in scarlet robes, confining him to a room hung with scarlet drapes, claiming that the color's influence turned the trick. The 17th century court physician had less...
...Crimson with 11, followed by McClellan with 9, Repetto with 8, Bill Richling with 7, and Bowditch with 6. Harrington sank four free throws and John Foker scored the remaining two. Amherst's scoring was well distributed among eight men, with Dick Gernold's 12 points heading the list...
...This is one of the best illusions in our list, and the results are of such an extraordinary character that no amateur or professional conjurer can afford to be without...
HARDLY anyone anywhere celebrates Christmas more impressively-or does retailers more good-than the U.S. businessman. He empties a sackful of gifts on expectant customers, fellow executives, public officials, newspaper editors and anyone else who creeps onto his list. The list has grown so long that today the Santas-in-pin-stripes spend something like $1 billion on yuletide cheer: $300 million for liquor, the rest for a stockingful of loot ranging from $2.50 puddings to $2,500 pianos. The giving is not necessarily due to an excess of Christmas spirit; businessmen simply think that they must. As Denver Radio...
...more on gifts alone each Christmas. Expense is the least of it. How does a donor ever decide who gets what? Dallas' Temco Aircraft learned that the "who" had to include just about everyone. It stopped giving altogether because it might spend weeks working on a list, then forgot one important customer who was so offended that all the good work was undone...