The Saturday Evening Post articles from November 2000

The Saturday Evening Post archives from November 2000

Letters.
November 1, 2000... Game Called on Account of Pain I read with interest "The Old Ballgame" in the July/August issue. When young, I was the bat boy for the Benson, Minnesota, team back in the 1930s. The team traveled to Willmar for a game. The first man at...

How Outrageous Is This?(public schools and soft drink vending machines)
November 1, 2000... America has approximately 100,000 public schools. To raise money, more and more school boards are signing exclusive vending machine contracts with either Coca-Cola or Pepsi. Beverage-industry consultants are going around the country helping...

Post People.(Katie Couric raising money for, and public awareness of, colon cancer)(this and other items are discussed)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... It was the cancer too embarrassing to talk about. The cancer that claimed some 56,600 lives in the United States last year and will be diagnosed in 130,000 people this year. The cancer that is 90 percent curable--if caught early. Fortunately,...

MOVING AWAY FROM CANCER.(indications that physical fitness may deter various types of cancer)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Studies suggest fitness exerts a protective effect. Exercise is well known as a way to protect against America's top killer, heart disease. Now, physical activity is increasingly being studied as a possible weapon against the second most...

QUICK ACTION FOR HEART ATTACKS.(the importance of calling for help when a heart attack is first suspected)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The first hour of a heart attack can be a killer--don't delay calling 911. 11:00 a.m. Saturday morning at the pancake house: Ed orders his usual country breakfast special--eggs, bacon, pancakes, and a side of hash browns. As usual, he...

LESSONS FOR LIFE.(Review)
November 1, 2000... A leading American businessman shares the profound lessons he has learned on the way to fame and fortune. Hope From My Heart: Ten Lessons for Life by Rich DeVos 120 pages, J. Countryman, $13.99 A few years ago, it looked as though Rich...

PUZZLING NEW WORDS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Take our words for it: humidex, megaplex, and antitheft can be found in our current dictionaries. Thanks to computers, the Internet, and our foreign neighbors, new names, words, and slang terms are flooding into our language in record...

CELEBRATE YEAR-AROUND FITNESS.(fitness equipment as gifts)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
November 1, 2000... Show family and friends just how much you care by giving the gift of good health and well-being. AquaJogger Water Workout Gear Take the jolt out of aerobic exercise. Women participating in a weight-control study at the Fitness Farm in...

POST SCRIPTS.(Humor)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Small Masterpieces In art, reproductions have little value. In life, reproductions are priceless, for each is an original. --Tony Ratner With Tongue in Cheek? The doctor finally called in a patient who had waited over an hour...

JACK LA LANNE: FIT FOR LIFE.
November 1, 2000... Decades before high-tech training devices and space-age gyms, the godfather of physical fitness began spreading the gospel of exercise and nutrition. At 86, Jack La Lanne has dipped, chinned, pushed, pulled, and lifted more often than...

Think spring, Think Planting Tulips.
November 1, 2000... We have a friend in southern California who grows spectacular tulips. As a competitive gardener, she wins awards and acclaim for her beautiful tulip landscapes. Her secret for coaxing tulip bulbs to flourish in this near-desert environment? Her...

UNDERSTANDING PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
November 1, 2000... Advances in research and an increased public awareness are ushering in a new era of hope for people with Parkinson's disease. The Post's investigation of Parkinson s disease continues with Eric Siemers, M.D., clinical associate professor of...

ME AND OTHER DUMB ANIMALS.(handling livestock)
November 1, 2000... When it comes to selling ladies' intimate apparel door to door or loading livestock into a truck, the difference is really not all that great. If you are among those people who think there is not that much difference between selling...

ARTHRITIS: EXPLORING THE ALTERNATIVES.(Interview)
November 1, 2000... Complementary therapies can help ease the pain of arthritis. An Interview With Dale Guyer, M.D. For people suffering from arthritis, the everyday experiences of climbing stairs, writing a letter, or setting the dinner table can be...

DIVINE COMEDY: CHURCH BULLETIN BLOOPERS.(Humor)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Unintended humor knows no denomination, as evidenced by these gems collected from churches around the country. * The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake...

'Tis the Season ...(Christmas holidays)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... "I have often thought," wrote Joseph Addison in The Tatler, "it happens very well that Christmas should fall out in the middle of winter." Post Hall of Fame illustrators through the years have suggested that kids are more likely to agree...

LIVING WITH HEARING L0SS.
November 1, 2000... A hard-of-hearing college professor has "sounded out" the latest in hearing technology--and likes what he hears. I have known for many years that I am on a trajectory toward deafness. When I was tested as a teenager, my hearing pattern...

BETWEEN THE LINES.
November 1, 2000... "To give you some idea, I was captured by a posse." "You may still make wee-wee, but I'm incontinent." "I know I shouldn't be here, but I've got a bi-polar disorder."

You Be the Judge.(wills)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Maggie was always losing things, so when it came to making her will, she had it prepared in duplicate. She signed both copies, had them duly witnessed, and put them away. A few years later she handed one of the copies to a friend, remarking,...

The Perfect Squelch.(how one man received his comeuppance)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Joe was a fellow who blew his own horn, loud, clear, and constantly. He was especially boastful about his ability to fix anything having to do with an automobile. Whenever he heard of an acquaintance who was stuck for a large auto-repair bill,...

MEDICAL MAILBOX.(air bag safety)
November 1, 2000... "The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their powers as a state depend."--Disraeli Sit Far Back From Air Bags In October 1995, Robert Sanders was driving near his Baltimore home with Alison, his seven-year-old...