The Saturday Evening Post articles from May 1999

The Saturday Evening Post archives from May 1999

Letters.
May 1, 1999... Remembering It Well I grew up on your magazine. It brings back many pleasant memories when I was discovering adolescence and America was digging out of the Depression. I love the Norman Rockwell illustrations and your trend toward health...

Post People.(Tom Brokaw, Julia Roberts, Michael J. Fox)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1999... Tom Brokaw didn't write his first book, The Greatest Generation, for the money. He has a reported five-year, $35 million contract that will keep him in the NBC "Nightly News" chair until 2002. No, through the stories of individual men and...

TAKING BREAKFAST TO HEART.(cholesterol-lowering breakfasts)
May 1, 1999... Oatmeal isn't the only breakfast food that lowers cholesterol. Check out the following recipes that are rich in omega-3 fats and nutritious soy protein. Healthy Heart Recipes Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You can...

The Gene Wars--An Update With the Author.(Robert Cook-Deegan, M.D.)(Interview)
May 1, 1999... Editor's Note: Author Robert Cook-Deegan, M.D., came to Washington, D. C., on a one-year fellowship program in 1982. For six years, he worked at the Office of Technology Assessment--a congressional think tank that thrived from the early 1980s...

POST SCRIPTS.
May 1, 1999... Gosh, I Love This Game When no hazards await, My ball goes dead straight. But if there's sand or some water, It never goes where it oughter. --Leslie Cleveland Doing the Dose-I-Do Doctors look at patients...

TALES MEIN GROSSFADER TOLD.
May 1, 1999... Das Plotten und Schemen Kat Ein shrewdisch kat ben catchen der micers righten mit leften, und der micers ist callen ein meeten. "Das kat nicht ben playen fairisch," der micers ist declaren. Ach! Der micers ben voten mit stoppen der rompen...

EXPLAINING THE APPEAL OF TITANIC.(blockbuster film as metaphor for 20th century society)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1999... Are we steaming away from the safe harbor of our moral and religious traditions? By the time the movie Titanic won a record-tying 11 Oscars, including best picture, it had already become the top domestic money earner in the history of the...

THE SKINNY ON FAT.(Interview)
May 1, 1999... Not all fats are created equal, according to researchers. Here are some useful tips on reaping the bountiful health benefits of omega-3-rich foods. In study after study, researchers are rediscovering the powerful nutritional benefits of...

ON PINS AND NEEDLES.(husband of quilting wife)
May 1, 1999... Proof positive that a woman can be so devoted to the art of needlework that should her hands finally fail, she would be quilting with her toes in no time at all. I could just as well have titled this story, "How to Quilt Without Guilt."...

MOTHERS.(appreciation of mothers)
May 1, 1999... Today's celebrities agree with Tennyson: "Happy he with such a mother! Faith in womankind beats with his blood, and trust in all things high comes easy to him." An old Jewish proverb says, "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he...

MAVENS, MAVERICKS, AND MALAPROPS.(origins of words)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1999... Exploring the quaint origins of today's commonplace words. As speakers of English, we take our language for granted most of the time, without inquiring into its origin or its history. Consider the word dicker, for example. "The Romans...

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL OF POST PAINTERS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 1999... Here is the church, here is the steeple, and here are some of the people who revealed their altar egos in illustrating Post covers with a Sunday-go-to-meetin' theme. Lives there a Post reader ignorant of Norman Rockwell's patient search...

IF YOU PLAN ON DYING.(Review)
May 1, 1999... Said to be "a treasure chest of financial advice," it is also said of Die Broke, "If you don't read this book, you're going to Die Stupid." Die Broke by Stephen M. Pollan 304 pages, HarperBusiness, $25.00 If you are one of us who...

DON'T RETIRE: An Excerpt From "Die Broke".
May 1, 1999... Since the end of World War II, we've become a nation of debtors. Americans in the 18th century had Ben Franklin's Poor Richard as their role model. We're ending the 20th century trying to emulate conspicuous borrowers and spenders and...

Southern Belles.(southern US plantations)
May 1, 1999... Elegant plantations beckon guests to wicker porch swings, where they sip mint tea, chat about horses, and stop only to smell the roses. The story goes something like this: When production costs of the film Gone With the Wind topped a...

MEDICAL MAILBOX.(pig intestinal submucosa used in repairing torn knee ligaments)
May 1, 1999... "Great eaters and great sleepers are incapable of anything else that is great."--Henry IV of France Tackling Tough Joint Problems A paper-thin material derived from refined pig intestines has been developed to tackle a common but...