The Saturday Evening Post articles from March 1996

The Saturday Evening Post archives from March 1996

Nutty recipes that help the heart: after centuries of being stuck in desserts, walnuts are finally coming out of their shells.
March 1, 1996... They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Today, however, apples have a rival: walnuts. Long prized for their nutritional value and rich nutty flavor, walnuts may be better for us than we ever imagined. Some studies conclude that eating...

Out of harm's way: knowing simple first-aid tips could save your pet's life.
March 1, 1996... If you're lucky, you will never need to use the information in this article. But accidents happen despite our best intentions, and that's when knowing first aid becomes important. Emergency first aid is the immediate action you should take in an...

The secret garden.(fiction)
March 1, 1996... When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, she wondered why she never seemed to belong to anyone even when her father and mother had been alive. She did not know it was because she was disagreeable and wore such a...

Assemblies: reaching out to people in need.(Assemblies of God denomination)
March 1, 1996... Editor's Note: When Count Alexis de Tocqueville came from France to visit America in 1846, so impressed was he with our large number of churches and their activities that he wrote: "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be...

The Post investigates manic-depression.(psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison)(Interview)
March 1, 1996... Manic-depression, also currently known as bipolar disorder, has baffled medical practitioners for thousands of years. Observers as far back as Plato have written of its strange behaviors and its apparent link to creative genius. Only in the last...

Genetics and manic-depression.(psychiatrist John Nurnberger Jr.)(Interview)
March 1, 1996... To learn more about the genetics of manic-depression, we turned to John Nurnberger, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., director of the Institute of Psychiatric Research at Indiana University and professor of psychiatry and medical neurobiology at the Indiana...

Deep in the heart of Texas.(visiting San Antonio, Texas)(includes information on the Alamo)
March 1, 1996... "The only time not to visit San Antonio," confides a longtime resident, "is the first week in January, when the city drains the horseshoe bend of the River Walk as part of the routine clean-up campaign. Chairs, place settings of dishes - you...