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Does it cure disbelief?(Selling it: goofs/glitches/rip-offs)(Tedco Miracle II)(Brief Article)
Ever wondered what happens when the feds cotton on to one of those cures that sound too good to be true? They fire off a warning letter like the one excerpted below, sent last July It tickled our funny bone--though, we're quick to add, it didn't cure any arthritis or osteoporosis lying therein:
"This letter concerns your line of products known as 'Miracle II,'" the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wrote to Tedco of West Monroe, La. "Examples of the claims for "Miracle II" products include treatment for [given space constraints, we've omitted some 30 ailments]: Acne Problems, AIDS, Bruises, Cancer, Cellulite, Common Colds, Dandruff, Hemorrhoids, Pinkeye, Snake and Spider Bites, and Varicose Veins."
Because the products are "new drugs" that are intended to treat disease, the FDA noted, they can't be sold in the U.S. without approval. Furthermore, the agency wrote, their labeling is inadequate. The FDA asked for prompt action ...
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- Magazine article from: WWD Weil, Jennifer July 6, 2001 700+ words
PARIS -- Can a miracle happen twice? It just did at Lancome. Twelve months after the introduction of Miracle, the L'Oreal-owned brand will launch Miracle Homme, a men's scent, starting in October. Lancome...
- Esky. (miracles and the unlikelihood of existence).(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Esquire December 1, 1998 700+ words
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- Praying for Miracles.(Jesus Miracle Crusade)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Meyer, Mahlon October 16, 2000 700+ words
...campaign for president. The Jesus Miracle Crusade got caught up in the...healing church in Indiana. The miracles she witnesses in his U.S...Asians are more apt to believe miracles than Caucasians," she says...Until recently, the Jesus Miracle Crusade was known to outsiders...
- Why I Don't Believe in Miracles: A prominent theologian with a love for science...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek May 1, 2000 700+ words
...whether I believe in miracles, but what a miracle is in the first...for it. If a miracle involves God...of talk about miracles is repugnant to...not qualify as miracle, because we hold...to talk about miracles. I would rather...
- Americans believe in miracles.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century May 24, 2000 700+ words
...that God performs miracles, a Newsweek poll...experienced or seen a miracle, according to the...that God performs miracles and 79 percent said they believe the miracles detailed in the...have prayed for a miracle. Sixty-three...
- LANCOME AIMS FOR 2ND MIRACLE.(Miracle for Men fragrance collection)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: WWD Naughton, Julie April 19, 2002 700+ words
...YORK -- Lancome hopes to prove that a Miracle can happen twice with the U.S. launch...Division, believes that the company's new Miracle for Men has what it takes to overcome...The fragrance is the male counterpart to Miracle for Women, launched in Europe in fall...
- A Harvest of Miracles.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: Small Press Bookwatch September 1, 2008 700+ words
A Harvest of Miracles Mike Thomas Halcyon Press 2645 S. Loop W. Suite...the plagues against Pharaoh. The are biblical miracles from antiquity that everyone knows. "A Harvest of Miracles: True Stories that Challenge, Encourage, and...
- Ann Hood and the Miracle Basement.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Book MINKIN, TRACEY September 1, 2000 700+ words
...one driving us to the Miracle Basement. I bang on...where, exactly, the Miracle Basement is. I missed...chronicled her pursuit of miracles in a secular world...Gentle: My Search for Miracles in a Cynical Time...we're going to the Miracle Basement!" she says...
