The Saturday Evening Post articles from September 1999

The Saturday Evening Post archives from September 1999

Letters.
September 1, 1999... Training Kids to Kill I was very impressed with your article in the July/August issue entitled "We Are Training Our Kids to Kill." It is a masterful expose of the situation in our culture today and could not be expressed more...

Post People.(Troy Aikman; Jane Seymour; Kenneth H. Cooper; Betty White)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... When his skin cancer was discovered last year, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman did not know how serious melanoma can be. A master at complex strategies, the Pro Bowl player quickly tackled the essentials of this deadly disease. After the...

A TASTE FOR LIVING.(Excerpt)(Recipe)
September 1, 1999... Mike Milken and Beth Ginsberg's cancer-fighting recipes celebrate the joy of eating. Beth Ginsberg loves to cook. Mike Milken loves to eat. Together they've cooked up a book that makes healthful eating easy--and even enjoyable. The careful...

EXERCISE MAY HELP PREVENT STROKE.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... New guidelines say a daily 30-minute walk reduces risk of "brain attack." Just as regular exercise can reduce the risk of a heart attack, physical activity also may help prevent "brain attack"--more commonly known as stroke. In its...

Jogging Our Memories.(Saturday Evening Post was early supporter of physical fitness)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... For years the Post has drummed on the health benefits of proper diet and exercise. To show that we practiced what we preached, Post employees were encouraged to exercise at work long before it became fashionable to don jogging shorts in...

LIVING WITH HEPATITIS C.
September 1, 1999... Researchers are racing to find a cure for this blood-borne chronic disease that now affects four times as many Americans as does HIV. "Mommy, you look terrible," Wynonna told her mother on a bitterly cold January day in 1990. Naomi, the...

POST SCRIPTS.
September 1, 1999... Mow or Less Man sows grass seed in early spring, Then waters and feeds to grow it, Then all summer long, he will try To find excuses not to mow it. --William E. Morgan ... And the World Laughs With You! ...

WHEN TIGER CAME TO OUR TOWN.(Tiger Woods Foundation Golf Clinic)
September 1, 1999... What's it like to meet and be coached by golfs no. 1 young player? Who better to let us see Tiger at work with today's youth than a teen journalist who covered the event for the Post? I like to play golf, and I love to watch Tiger Woods win...

A LOOK IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.(automobiles on Saturday Evening Post covers)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Post cover artists make it clear that America's honeymoon with the automobile was not without its hang-ups, its push-ups, and its tie-ups. An old saying went like this: "In 1970 there will be more than 200 million automobiles. If you want...

TRAINING FOR YOUR TOES.(toe exercises)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Simple toe-strengthening exercises help relieve foot discomfort and may prevent common foot problems. We all know how to keep our biceps in shape, but few of us know how to keep feet and toes in good condition. Yet our feet--each containing...

WHAT DAY OF REST?(hectic Sundays)
September 1, 1999... The Sabbath day was not made for man, but rather for Mom and kids. It seems like only yesterday that our kids finally outgrew their hobby of horsey-back rides on the horsey-bent back of dear old Dad. Now along come their kids expecting dear...

WE ARE TRAINING OUR KIDS TO KILL.(negative role models in the media)
September 1, 1999... We must reverse the tragic effects of media violence in our culture by taking on its producers and purveyors and passing laws that ban violent video games for children. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is continued from the Post's July/August...

MEDICAL MAILBOX.
September 1, 1999... "Knowledge is power, knowledge is safety, knowledge is happiness." --Thomas Jefferson Mom Saves Toddler's Life with CPR Joe and Lisa Huffine were Vacationing in Florida last March when tragedy nearly claimed the life of Patrick,...

A FLAMING FAILURE.(folic acid)
September 1, 1999... "The policy on folic acid is a flaming failure, leading to an epidemic of birth defects we don't need to have. " --GODFREY OAKLEY, M.D. Part One In October 1982, The Saturday Evening Post first reported on an obscure and...

The Perfect Squelch.(quieting back seat drivers)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Robert, like many sons-in-law, hated to have to drive his mother-in-law home because he felt that she was a backseat driver of the worst sort. His mother-in-law, like many of her kind, despised riding with Robert because she though he was a...

You Be the Judge.(past court case)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... While his wife, Joy, was visiting relatives for the summer, Henry went out with the boys so often that he found himself badly in need of cash, So he stooped to selling his wife's $179 electric sewing machine to a dealer for a paltry $60. As...

MEDICAL MISDIRECTORY.(humorous medical terms)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... A look at the less-than-literal meanings of some common medical terms. ARTERY The Study of Paintings BACTERIA The Back Door of a Cafeteria BARIUM What the Doctors Do When Patients Die BOWEL A Letter Like A,...