The Saturday Evening Post articles from September 1998

The Saturday Evening Post archives from September 1998

Spelling's queen bee.(Jody Anne Maxwell of Kingston, Jamaica is winner of Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1998... A world-class speller's formula for being letter perfect: "Inspiration plus perspiration" and a thorough knowledge of Webster's. How do you spell champ? In today's world of spelling, it goes like this: J-o-d-y-A-n-n-e M-a-x-w-e-l-l....

Daniel's ten-day diet.(Food)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1998... An age-old recipe for being your best: Eat your veggies! What should you eat to stay fit? Vegetables, vegetables, and more vegetables, is the latest answer. And that's not ,just your mother nagging you, either. Scientific studies confirm the...

Carbon monoxide: the senseless killer.(the body is deprived of oxygen when the odorless, colorless and tasteless gas invades the blood)
September 1, 1998... This colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas binds to the hemoglobin in blood, depriving the body of life-sustaining oxygen. After a heavy June thunderstorm knocked out the electricity in Robert and Lerona Mitchell's Indianapolis home, Robert...

Getting a handle on it: like Caesar, even a modern president could use some intestinal wisdom.(how ancient techniques foretold the future versus today's polling methods)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1998... Like Caesar, even a modern president could use some intestinal wisdom. Dictionaries are something like the Bible--more looked up to than looked into. Chasing the origins of words and phrases is like tracing the begats through Genesis or...

Matters of the heart.(love and intimacy are powerful factors in health)(HeartBeat: The Healthy Heart Report)(Interview)
September 1, 1998... Scientists are discovering that love and intimacy are among the most powerful factors in health and well-being. Editor's note: The doctor best known for his no-nonsense prescription to reverse heart disease tackles in his latest book what he...

Dr. David White's goal: saving lives with pig organs.(Cover Story)
September 1, 1998... Genetically customizing a pig organ before transplantation could trick the body's immune system into thinking that the new organ is its own. Injecting the future donor pig's embryonic egg with the human recipient's DNA could eliminate the dreaded...

Soccer! Soccer! Soccer!(advice for young, beginning soccer players)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1998... Soccer moms and dads across America are discovering that soccer is a great way to keep their kids fit and active. Here's a soccer "Read Aloud for Children" to help beginners get started with the game. TEAMS Each soccer team has...

Health hazards of early boyhood.(the cures were sometimes more dreaded than the injuries during a boy's childhood)
September 1, 1998... Ills and injuries were not alone in jeopardizing a boy's well-being. It was the "cures" he often dreaded most. Only those of my age--if there are others of my age--realize the great strides made in the field of medicine since we left the...

The Post goes to the circus.(The American Illustrators Hall of Fame)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1998... Leave the household chores for the day and come along to the Greatest Show on Earth, as seen through the talent of America's greatest illustrators. "Summer pleasures, they are gone like to visions every one/And the cloudy days of autumn and...

Peter Island.(Caribbean vacation retreat has makeover)
September 1, 1998... Fresh from its "millennium makeover," this intimate vacation retreat is a Caribbean never-never land that you'll never never want to leave. A high-powered business executive once arrived on the Caribbean's very secluded Peter Island and...