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...only there were a magic potion for losing weight. The morning trudge to the bathroom scale would no longer be so disheartening. The obligatory resolution to shed a few pounds would be easier to keep. And the canny scientists and entrepreneurs who developed this antiflab formula would be richer than Ross Perot. Unfortunately, repeated efforts to produce a weight-loss wonder drug have been no more successful than Perot's presidential bid. Dozens of diet pills have come and gone, raking in billions of dollars for pharmaceutical manufacturers. But for long-term effectiveness, the pills might as well have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Desperately Seeking a Flab-Fighting Formula | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

...Henrik (Bjorn Bjelvenstam), Egerman's grown son from his first marriage, is in love with Anne. Old Mrs. Armfeldt, prodded by her daughter, invites everyone to spend the weekend at her country estate. During the course of the summer night, and under the influence of a mysterious love potion served at dinner, eight people turn into four couples...

Author: By Joel VILLASENOR Ruiz, | Title: Bergman Receives Seal of Approval | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

...Scheir finally defeated Simpkins for thethird potion, 68-60, with one abstention...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Election Group Member May Be Out | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

Morgana has one problem--she must get Diana to marry Galahad. With the help of a dragon, she concocts a love potion--"Number 9...0210"--that transforms Diana into a randy teen nightmare, throwing herself onto like, that big hunk, like, Galahad...

Author: By John A. Cloud and Beth L. Pinsker, S | Title: AN EVENING WITH KNIGHTS IN SHINING DRAG | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

IMAGINE AN ENCHANTED CASTLE IN A FOREST. A PRINCESS WITH A "HAMLET COMPLEX." AN EVIL QUEEN CONNIVING TO KILL THE KING. A LOVE POTION, AND A KING AND QUEEN OF FAIRIES. AND IMAGINE 16 MEN IN DRAG, SINGING IN FALSETTOS. THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE UPCOMING STAGE PRODUCTION ROMANCING THE THRONE, WHICH MAY BE THE MOST AMAZING HASTY PUDDING SHOW EVER...

Author: By Ganesh Ramakrishnan, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: DRAGONS AND DRAG | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

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