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...turn of the century, hucksters sold worm syrup and other nostrums to cure everything from rheumatism to cirrhosis. Back in 1908, the government succeeded in banning a headache remedy containing a toxic acid and bearing the beguiling name of Cuforhedake-Brane-Fude. The Food and Drug Administration, which was formally established in 1931, has stamped out such gross quackery. But now many concerned scientists are beginning to wonder whether the FDA has become so cautious in its repression of quack cures and unsafe medicines that it is in some danger of stamping out or at least slowing the development...
...baby-holding, mama-kissing campaign days. While some 1,000 guests of the Mont Royal Liberal Association picnicked on French Canadian baked beans, crēpes and oreilles de krist, Trudeau mixed with the voters, then gulped down a mouthful of the day's specialty -snow-hardened maple syrup. The political party lingered through the day, but Trudeau left early for the return trip to Ottawa and Wife Margaret, who, the Prime Minister's office later revealed, would be giving birth to a new constituent in October...
Compost Heap. Since then the magazine has served up a steady fare of amiably instructive articles on such topics as how to raise pigs, make maple syrup, build a compost heap and install a lightning rod. "How-to articles are our bread and butter," says Editor Ketchum. Interleaved between the how-tos are thoughtful pieces on such issues as energy policy, the morality of hunting and the future of farming. For all its bucolic content, the magazine is dressed up in striking contemporary design that earned it last week's award...
...gazebo on a pond behind the office. Blair gazes out of his office window at photogenic Mt. Wantastiguet. And Ketchum's family has become a working advertisement for the magazine's editorial pitch of self-sufficiency: they spend spare hours milking goats, making maple syrup and, of course, delivering the occasional calf...
...baton, and swaying from side to side with the rhythm of the music. Her long, thick hair is plaited into two golden brown braids. Dark, almost black, eyebrows give character and distinction to regular features and pretty blue eyes. She looks like a blonder, less painted, Maple Syrup girl...