Word: maile
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from his well-pomaded white head. One by one, members of the unhappy audience limped, stumbled or were carried up to him on the stage; for each he had soothing words and deft touches of his famed hands. For Spirit Healer Harry Edwards, who gets three times as much mail a day as Prime Minister Churchill does in a normal week, is England's fastest-growing health fad. He is also a symptom of the condition of religion in England: churches are empty while weird spiritual fads are growing fast...
Attunement by Mail. The first patient one afternoon recently said: "I seem to have lost power in my arms and legs." Edwards' large, supple hands began to massage and manipulate the limbs gently and surely. "You feel better now, don't you?" he asked. "Yes."' she answered faintly. "Yes-much better...
...explained this, the TIME editor became interested in the event as a bit of expatriate Americana and thought it might make a sport story for his magazine. He asked me to mail New York full background on the upcoming game between our club and the Marine Corps team, and after the game cable New York the score and the highlights...
...made four bids in a row which I have missed in the last half hour because of the noise of your damned airplanes. At a penny a point, I can't afford this." Colonel Shoup patiently explained his air-defense mission to all callers, replied to all mail complaints, even sent "his most personable officers" calling on annoyed householders...
...collects an estimated $800,000 a year in fees ranging from $800 for checking a single short commercial to $54,000 for a yearly contract. In Manhattan's 400-seat Avon Theater, he tests ads and new programs on both cross-section audiences and special groups invited by mail (such as dog owners for Ken-L-Ration commercials). The viewers turn in reports to determine how much of the sales message is retained. Since most of his business comes from corporations checking on their ad agencies, he naturally hears many a snide comment about his work from Madison Avenue...