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Dates: during 1950-1959
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It was not till Poor Richard that Franklin hit his stride as a maker and collector of aphorisms; e.g., "After 3 days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy." "Men and Melons are hard to know," "There is no little enemy." Poor Richard, of course, is...
Virtue & Fate. Ben Franklin was not as smug as he sometimes sounds. He was endlessly bent on civic and personal improvement, whether it was founding a library or starting a fire department. The doctrine of human perfectibility to which he subscribed was not yet the easy evolutionary faith of the...
Myth & Vinegar. Dr. Jarvis prescribes vinegar (always the apple-cider variety) for all comers. The vinegar can be taken straight or diluted in water. But for maximum efficacy, he insists that it be mixed with honey-a sort of sweet-'n'-sour, yang-and-yin combination.
Along his path Dr. Jarvis has developed a scunner against high-protein diets, cane sugar and wheat bread (he prefers rye or corn). He has also picked up some vague racial ideas-that Americans should eat the same types of diet as their European ancestors, whether Nordic, Alpine or Mediterranean...
Heads or Tails. In Los Angeles, at a predivorce hearing, Mary Lieblich received custody of the family dachshund but her husband was granted visitation rights.