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A
VITAMIN A - Eat your carrots,
sweet potatoes and turnip greens! - OS #14
ADAPTOGENS - How do
it know? - OS #21
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -
It's time for a change. - OS #6
AGAVE - Put a rope
around that bottle of tequila there, podnah. - OS
#21
AGRIMONY - In the
South, it's plain old "cuckleburr." - OS #17
ALLOPATHY - Forsworn
enemy of Homeopathy, and all things Alternative - OS
#27
ALLSPICE - Columbus'
first major substitution - OS #1
ALOE - for Warts,
Bad Breath and Smelly Feet - OS #9
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
- It's "complementary," not "alternative" - OS #12
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
IN BRITAIN - Personal from Donny - OS #27
ALUMINUM - Does it
cause Alzheimer's Disease? - OS #16
AMA (American
Medical Association) - Personal from Donny - OS #18
ANDREW WEIL - the
hippy from Harvard - OS #3
ANNIE'S STORY -
Personal from Donny - OS #16
ANTIOXIDANTS - the
authentic, actual, genuine "man's best friend" - OS
#12
APPLES lower fever,
kill viruses, clear debris from your teeth (chew on that).
- OS #20
ARNICA - For cowboys
and kamikaze Little Leaguers - OS #26
AROMATHERAPY - "It's
not scientific," says Dr. Prissybutt. - OS #15
ASTRAGALUS - Chinese
cousin of American Loco Weed - OS #22
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B
BACH FLOWER REMEDIES - Hocum, or
Pocum? - OS #1
BAY LAUREL - Great
for beef stew or dandruff! - OS #18
B-COMPLEX - the
essential supplement for baby-boomers - OS #15
BELLADONNA - Have a
bite of this, dearie. - OS #6
BIRTHDAYS - Personal
from Donny - OS #21
BLACKBERRY - Ramble
in the Bramble. - OS #13
BLACK CHERRY - Got
gout? Drink Cherry Juice! - OS #13
BLACK PEPPER - Who
knew it was medicine? - OS #22
BLACK WALNUT -
Native American medicinal treasure - OS #13
BO TREE - What do
figs know? - OS #3
BRUSSELS SPROUTS -
Baby Cabbages, or teenagers from Belgium? - OS #22
BUCHU - Another
African-American - OS #27
BUCKWHEAT - It's
Otay! - OS #9
BUDDY CAN YOU SPARE
A DIME? - Give a little something for the Indian kids. - OS
#32
BUSH VETOES STEM
CELL LEGISLATION - Payback to the Christian Right - OS #33
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C
VITAMIN C
-
You're not getting enough! - OS #14
CAN
CANCER BE CURED? - or is it
extra-terrestrial? - OS #16
CANNABIS
SATIVA INDICA - Donny talks
dope. - OS #3
CAROB
& KING JAMES - Personal From
Donny - OS #19
CARROTS
contain Cox-2
Inhibitors. - OS #20
CHASTE
TREE - helps men live
through their wives' PMS - OS #21
CHERRY
- Got
gout? Drink Cherry Juice! - OS #13
CHERVIL
-
Another Russian in Paris - OS #26
CHI
(QI, PRANA) - It's really
real. - OS #1
CHROMIUM
-
another Adaptogen - OS #22
CILANTRO
- for
Fartless Beans - OS #9
CINNAMON
-
personal aromatherapy of Queen Hatshepsut - OS
#12
CLOVE
- OK,
Cloves. - OS #12
CLUB
MOSS - New Hope for
those who suffer with Alzheimer's - OS
#18
COCA,
COCAINE, & THE WAR ON DRUGS - Personal from
Donny - OS #20
COCONUT
GROVE, FLORIDA - Paradise paved
- OS #6
CO-ENZYME
Q10 - "It's
everywhere!" - OS #27
COLDS
PREVENTION - You might
consider Florida. - OS #15
COLD
TURKEY - Political
Commentary by Kurt Vonnegut - OS #28
COMFREY
- a
weed for stubbin' the nubbin' - OS #6
COMMISSION
E - more good sense
from Germany - OS #2
CORIANDER
-
Fresh smells fetid; dried is delightful. - OS
#14
COYOTE
LOKI HERMES MERCURY - The Tricksters
- OS #32
CUBEB
-
Piper cubeba...should it
be
Piper pubeba? - OS
#23
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D
VITAMIN D
- You
will never have another ricket! - OS #23
DAHOON
- not
a shirt, not a zither - OS #21
DAIKON
-
giant Winter radish - OS #20
DAMIANA
-
How's your sex life? - OS #3
DANCE
MOVEMENT THERAPY - exorcising with
Elvis - OS #18
DANDELION
-
Bane of lawn freaks, Dandelions are food and medicine! - OS
#20
DECIDUOUS
TREES - I could have
won a million! - OS #1
DHA
-
Learn to love fish! - OS #19
DHEA
- The
"Anti-Aging" supplement - OS #27
DILL
-
Have you got bad breath? - OS #6
DIOECIOUS
/ MONOECIOUS - OS
#9
DOMHNACH
SUNDAY - Huckleberry,
Blueberry, BILBERRY F* YEAH! - OS #33
DULSE
-
from the bountiful sea, today's futuristic food - OS
#13
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E
ECHINACEA
- "It
keeps you from getting sick." ~G.H. - OS
#23
ECOLOGY
-
Personal from Donny - OS #24
EGGPLANT
-
Please don't eat the leaves. - OS #23
EGGS
-
Humpty, or Dumpty? - OS #3
ELECTION
2004 - OS
#29
ENGLISH
HOLLY - Tree/Hedge - OS
#9
ENOKI
-
another Asian-American - OS #18
ENVIRONMENT
/ RECYCLING - In Yazoo City,
they just don't care. - OS #1
EPIZOODIX
- "Go
away and leave me alone!" - OS #23
EUCALYPTUS
-
more than food for cuddly koalas - OS
#16
EUPHORBIA /
SPURGE - a weed for skin
cancer - OS #19
EVENING
PRIMROSE - another
subversive import? - OS #6
EWING
STREET TIMES - the best band
you never heard - OS #28
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F
FAGGOTS
-
Caution: contains references to Jerry Falwell - OS
#9
FALSE
UNICORN - something
wonderful for the girls - OS #19
FAR
EAST HANDICRAFTS - What's
happening in Kathmandu? - OS #6
FDA
(Food & Drug Administration) - almost too
disgusting for words - OS #3
FDA
CRACKS DOWN ON ANDRO - This is
cracking down? - OS #28
FELDENKRAIS
METHOD® - awareness
through movement® - OS #3
FEVERFEW
- At
10¢ a pop, Donny says "It's worth a try." - OS
#25
FLUORIDE
-
fights tooth decay, and makes you very sick - OS
#20
FORAGING
WILD FOOD - Personal from
Donny - OS #23
FORGIVENESS
- the
greatest power - OS #4
FRED
NEIL - Update and
Goodbye, Fred - OS #24
FREE
RADICALS - Can Vitamin E
get rid of Jane Fonda? - OS #1
FUNNY
STUFF 31 - In my InBox -
OS #31
FUNNY
STUFF 32 - from Broomrider
and others - OS #32
FUNNY
STUFF 33 - Well,
I
think
it's funny. - OS #33
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G
GARDEN
-
Wanna "get real?" Take up Gardening. - OS
#21
GARLIC
-
Like turnip greens, it's "good for what ails you." - OS
#25
GAS
PLANT - the Biblical
Burning Bush of Moses? - OS #9
GAY
PRIDE - OpinionSoup
Position Paper by President Dr Donny - OS
#33
GENISTEIN
-
Good old Geni Stein. She could really play the piano. - OS
#22
GENTIAN
- But
can it play jai-alai? - OS #26
GEORGE
BUSH RESUME - I did not write
this! - OS #28
GERMANIUM
-
jumper cables for your immune system - OS
#19
GINGER
-
"Morning Sickness" can come at any time of day! - OS
#7
GINSENG
- the
gift of Confucius, now popular with truck-drivers - OS
#16
GLUCOSAMINE
-
super glue for connective tissue - OS
#16
GOLDENSEAL
-
will not help you pass your drug test - OS
#15
GOODBYE
TO ENTERTAINMENT GREATS 2000 - Personal from
Donny - OS #15
GOODBYE
TO GREATS 2004 - A Tribute to
Notables - OS #31
GOODBYE
TO THESE DEPARTED 2005 - Personal from
Donny - OS #33
GOTU-KOLA
-
This is your brain on herbs. - OS #4
GRAPE
SEED EXTRACT - Got varicose
veins? - OS #6
GUARANA
- You
could just buy No-Doz®, I guess. - OS
#17
GUGGUL
-
treats obesity and high cholesterol - OS
#18
GUMPTION
-
outlawed in the U.S. Senate - OS #1
GUN
CONTROL AND THE LAW - Rosie,
puh-leeze! - OS #7
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H
5-HTP
-
When you're feeling Blue - OS #27
HAPPINESS
is a
pair of $130 sneakers. - OS #20
HAWTHORN
-
Have a heart? You need to know more about Hawthorn. - OS
#19
HEALING
& ETHICS - Do these two go
together? - OS #8
HEALTH
CARE - Cattle Call -
OS #4
HEROES
- are
made, by the Government. - OS #28
HOMOPHOBIA
-
fear and loathing in the Magnolia State - OS
#1
HONEY
-
What do bees know? - OS #16
HONEYSUCKLE
-
Detoxify your hummingbirds! - OS #9
HOT
STUFF - Hold your face
back a little on this one. - OS #31
HOUSEPLANTS
-
botanical air-purifiers - OS #7
HUMOR
-
Personal from Donny - OS #22
HYDRANGEA
-
Look, but don't smoke. - OS #24
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I
IATROGENIC
ILLNESS - What do you get
in hospitals? Staph! - OS #1
I
KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST NOVEMBER - You voted for
him, didn't you? - OS #31
INFLAMMATION
-
Protective Reaction, and herbs to treat over-reaction - OS
#24
INOSITOL
-
Rate it B: a cut above - OS #4
IN
PRAISE OF TEACHERS - Personal from
Donny - OS #14
INTELLIGENCE
-
What is it? - OS #10
INTRODUCTION
-
Hello, Howdy, etc. - OS #1
IODINE
- for
Thyroid Function - OS #10
IRISH
MOSS - food for
leprechauns - OS #18
IRON
-
increases resistance to stress and disease - OS
#7
IS
THAT A WMD I SEE? - No, Sir, that's
a camel turd. - OS #31
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J
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT
- Got
Gas? - OS #7
JASMINE
-
"Jasmine Tea" is a potent cancer-fighter. - OS
#24
JERUSALEM
ARTICHOKE - Personal from
Donny - OS #23
JETHRO
KLOSS - the Stephen
King of herbs (he goes on and on and on) - OS
#4
JEWELWEED
-
Touch Me Not! - OS #10
JOE
PYE WEED - No sweat? - OS
#12
JOJOBA
-
Save The Whales! - OS #1
JUST
SAY "NO" - Mae West,
Lorenzo, Cocaine, and Tallulah Bankhead - OS
#19
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K
VITAMIN K
-
unknown to Rasputin - OS #19
KALE
- In
the South, they're Collards. - OS #8
KAVA
- The
new Valium® of Wall Street. - OS #7
KELP
-
good stuff, but oh, so yucky - OS #1
KIDNEYS
- You
need at least one. - OS #10
KNOWLEDGE
-
Ding, or Flop? - OS #10
KOHLRABI
-
German Turnip-Cabbage - OS #18
KOMBU
- not
related to Kombucha - OS #13
KOMBUCHA
- not
related to Kombu - OS #13
KUMQUAT
-
"Eat the rind, you say?" - OS #25
KUZU
(KUDZU) -
"...a vegetable form of cancer"
~James
Dickey - OS #4
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L
LAZINESS
-
"Just give me something for it." - OS #5
LEMON
- the
fruit that fades your freckles - OS #7
LEMON
BALM Tea will put you
to sleep quicker than a Danielle Steele novel. - OS
#13
LEMONGRASS
- why
there are no mosquitoes at Thai restaurants - OS
#18
LEW
DEWITT - Counting
Flowers On The Wall - OS #31
LIVER
- Set
'em up, Joe. - OS #10
LOMATIUM
-
Send those viruses packing. - OS #19
LOST
LOVE, LOVE LOST - when eggs have
legs... - OS #15
LOTUS
-
Serve some to your family today! - OS #1
LOVE
-
Personal From Donny - OS #9
LUTEIN
- Was
Popeye a visionary? - OS #23
LYCOPENE
-
Pass the ketchup, please! - OS #4
LYSINE
-
Doing battle with HeOSes 1 - OS #21
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M
MACADAMIA
NUTS - from the
wonderful land of Oz - OS #15
MACE
-
gentle on your mind - OS #14
MADAGASCAR
PERIWINKLE - another
African-American - OS #4
MAGNESIUM
SALICYLATE - Doan's Pills -
OS #23
MAGUEY
-
Arriba! - OS #7
MA-HUANG
-
Outlawed in Australia, approved by the FDA - OS
#26
MAITAKE
MUSHROOM - "What IS this?"
- OS #22
MANGANESE
-
keeps those sex hormones pumping - OS #9
MANGO
-
Miss Daisy's favorite exotic - OS #16
MARIJUANA
REFUGEE - Personal from
Donny - OS #25
MARJORAM
-
Mama mia! Now THAT's Italian! - OS #18
MARK
TWAIN - Personal from
Donny - OS #26
MEADOWSWEET
-
aspirin from a bush - OS #1
MEDICAL
SCHOOLS - Hippocratic
what? - OS #17
MELATONIN
- I'm
a Night Person. NOT - OS #27
MESCALINE
-
Let's take a trip across time and space; to the 70's and
beyond. - OS #13
MESQUITE
- You
don't know enough about it! - OS #19
MILK
THISTLE - When Joe has
set up too many. - OS #10
MINT
- Oh,
fiddle-de-dee! - OS #12
MISO
-
prepared by nearly-naked Japanese men - OS
#12
MISTLETOE
-
I'll add the secret Druid stuff later. - OS
#12
MONDO
GRASS - Give that
lawnmower to Goodwill, and Rock On! - OS
#23
MONICA
LEWINSKY - the nightmare
on Penn. Ave. that won't go away - OS #2
MORE
PINKO COMMIE FAG LINKS - from Donny,
Tracy and Hope - OS #32
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N
NETTLE
- The
most remarkable weed on the entire planet - OS
#24
NEW
AGE - What's "new"
about it? - OS #25
NEW
LENNON ALBUM COMING - from John's
Beautiful Boy Sean - OS #33
NITRATES
& NITRITES - when "cured"
means "carcinogenic" - OS #8
NORI
-
more treasure from the sea - OS #13
NORMAL
-
Donny is not normal. - OS #23
NOW
READ THIS - left-wing
commie pinko fag links - OS #28
NOW
READ THIS - More Left-Wing
Commie Pinko Fag Links - OS #31
NUTMEG
- I'm
thinking Eggnog. - OS #12
NUTRITIONISTS
-
National Treasures, or Prissybutts? - OS
#2
NUTRITION
SCIENCE - What, exactly,
is your family eating? - OS #17
NUTRITION
TIPS FOR BETTER LIVING - From Dr Donny
and the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter - OS
#31
NUTS
- to
you - OS #4
NUX
VOMICA - not as gentle
as the Pied Piper - OS #10
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O
OATS
- why
the Scots are such a horny bunch - OS
#10
OKRA
-
Scummy, or Slimy? - OS #4
ONION
-
Onion-eaters do not get worms. - OS #15
OPOSSUM
- Eat
More Possum! - OS #18
ORAL
CONTRACEPTIVES - Better than
condoms or abstinence? Guess again. - OS
#17
ORANGE
-
Another Asian-American - OS #22
OREGANO
- Now
THAT's Italian. - OS #20
ORGANIC
FOOD - Not in my town,
you don't! - OS #8
OSHA
-
Herbal Risk Management? - OS #21
OYSTER
EXTRACT - lifts you up
where you belong - OS #2
OZ
BACH - Spanky and Our
Gang, minus one more (another man done gone) - OS
#28
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P
PART OF ALL YOU
EARN IS YOURS TO KEEP - The Richest Man
In Babylon - OS #28
PASSIONFLOWER
-
Secret Southern Sleep-Aid - OS #26
PASTA
- "I
don't think we carry that." - OS #21
PATIENTS
GET WRONG HIV REPORTS - while Lab Rats
play grab-ass - OS #28
PEACH
- Eat
A Peach! - OS #13
PEANUTS
-
Peas, or Nuts? - OS #17
PEAR
-
...home-made Pear preserves with hot, buttered biscuits...!
- OS #16
PEYOTE
-
it's not for everyone - OS #2
PISTACHIO
-
Fruits, not nuts - OS #25
PITUITARY
GLAND - What is it? -
OS #27
PLANTAIN
- Two
entries for the price of one - OS #26
PLUMS
-
Dried-up Plums and Senators become Prunes. - OS
#5
POEM
(Poetry) - Someone Stole
My Poems - OS #25
POISON
HEMLOCK - Socrates raps
to youths - OS #8
POPE
DECRIES HUMANISM - And all
Progressives - OS #31
POULTRY
- All
the world cries Fowl! - OS #10
PRAYER
- for
healing of the sick - OS #18
PUBLIC
EDUCATION - How well can
your children read and write? - OS #13
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Q
QUASSIA
-
"Unscientific and unsubstantiated claims," says the FDA. -
OS #24
QUERCETIN
-
Queer who? - OS #11
QUINCE
- in
my own back yard - OS #8
QUININE
-
"Another gin-and-tonic, please; and speak up!" - OS
#5
QUINOA
-
America embraces the Goosefoot. - OS #2
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R
RDA / RDI
-
antiquated / useless - OS #11
THE
RED ASS - a condition
with many unrelated contributing factors - OS
#14
RED
CLOVER - cancer-fighting
highway weed - OS #17
RED
PEPPER - from head to
toe, a real cure-all - OS #8
RED
RASPBERRY - Red? Yes.
Berry? No. - OS #5
RED
ROVER - This is not
about anything. - OS #17
REFLEXOLOGY
- A
treat for your feet - OS #25
RELIGIOUS
WAR - oxymoron
nonpareil - OS #2
REMEMBERING
OUR FALLEN IN IRAQ & THEIR FAMILIES - Too Many Gone,
for Nothing - OS #33
ROYAL
JELLY - Ho-Hum, or
Hum-Bug? - OS #24
RRCANNA
ELEVATES FIRST SAINTS - President Dr
Donny Picks 'em - OS #33
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S
SADDAM'S
REVENGE - Joe Klein in
Time - OS #32
SEAWEED
-
Wrap it around your Sushi In Paradise. - OS
#2
SEE
ME FEEL ME TOUCH ME HEAL ME - So sue me - OS
#32
SELENIUM
- It
may raise your sperm count, if you are male. - OS
#5
SHELLFISH
-
high-protein brain food - OS #14
SOBA
NOODLES - Japanese Soul
Food - OS #14
SODIUM
NITRITE - prevents
botulism, contributes to cancer - OS #14
SOY
-
Soyburger in Paradise! - OS #22
SPICES
- Got
herbs in your spice rack? - OS #20
SQUASH
-
Another Native American - OS #26
STARDUST
-
More bad poetry from Don Coyote - OS #27
STONING
THE PRESIDENT - Mick speaks
out. - OS #32
STRESS
- It
takes a worried man to sing a worried song. - OS
#15
STREWING
HERBS - Whew! Honey,
time to muck out the house! - OS #11
SUGAR
CANE - "Guarapo, por
favor!" - OS #21
SULFITES
-
Where's the FDA? In Cozumel, or Hilton Head Island, or... -
OS #27
SUSHI
-
Have it your way. - OS #8
SWEET
POTATO - Once and for
all: Sweet Potatoes are NOT Yams! - OS
#14
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T
TEN YEARS WITH
OSCAR - What Won, and
What Should Have Won - OS #31
TIENCHI
-
better than aspirin, but harder to find - OS
#8
TIPS
FROM DR WEIL - snippets from
the Hippy From Harvard - OS #32
TIPS
FROM DR WEIL II - Andrew, you da
man! - OS #33
TOMATILLO
- The
AUTHENTIC "Cherry Tomato" - OS #25
TOMATO
-
lowers your chances of getting prostate cancer - OS
#5
TRYPTOPHAN
-
more crookedness and stupidity from the FDA - OS
#2
TURMERIC
-
Related to Ginger; also, Gilligan and The Skipper - OS
#24
TURNIP
- A
truck? What truck? - OS #26
TYROSINE
-
Fire up some Dopamine! - OS #11
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U
UGLI FRUIT
-
It's very hooglie, mon! - OS #8
UMEBOSHI
-
beloved of Japanese old ladies - OS #5
UNDISCOVERED
/ UNEXAMINED - Life is worth
living! - OS #11
UNPROCESSED
FOODS - so good, and so
good FOR you - OS #15
USNEA
-
Anti-Bacterial Lichen - OS #24
UVA-URSI
-
it's not just for girls - OS #2
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V
VALERIAN
-
your herbal alternative to Valium, Halcion and Xanax - OS
#5
VANILLA
-
Cortes finds gold in them-thar orchids - OS
#2
VEGETABLE
SALAD - Try it without
the fatty dressing. - OS #17
VEGETABLES
IN GENERAL - Mom's
Commandment: Eat Your Vegetables! - OS
#8
VEGETARIANISM
(SEMI) - Undeniably
Superior for your Good Health - OS #22
VERONICA
- one
of the Speedwell girls - OS #16
VERVAIN
-
Verbena - OS #12
VIAGRA®
- Who
needs it? - OS #13
VITAMINS
- You
gettin' any? - OS #11
VOTING
- Do
it for Uncle Jim - OS #11
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W
WAKAME
-
Viva-Natural - OS #13
WALKING
-
"...a genius...for sauntering."
~Thoreau
- OS #2
WATER
-
There is no substitute! - OS #5
WAXED
PRODUCE & FRUIT - Danger, Will
Robinson! - OS #11
WESTERN
CIVILIZATION - Love it or
leave it. - OS #17
WESTERN
DIET - Fat Americans
pig out, get fatter. - OS #8
WHATEVER-THERE-IS
SOUP/STEW - Donny's Special
Dish - OS #20
WHAT
I HEARD ABOUT IRAQ IN 2005 - by Eliot
Weinberger - OS #33
WHOLE-GRAIN
FOODS - Mikey likes it!
Donny and Jonnie, too! - OS #23
WHY
DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? - questionable
quotes - OS #28
WICCA
-
"Good Witches are very beautiful." ~Glynda, to Dorothy - OS
#25
WILD
MEXICAN YAM - It's Wild! It's
Mexican! - OS #26
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND - Get a free
umbrella (for $15). - OS #3
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Y
YAM
- I'd
sooner eat cardboard. - OS #8
YARROW
-
Stop that razor cut, and throw the I Ching. - OS
#5
YAUPON
-
This is not about Walt Whitman. - OS #11
YELLOW
DOG DEMOCRATS - Do they care
who's running? - OS #3
YERBA
MANSA - Southwestern
Soggy Bottom Miracle Herb - OS #23
YERBA
SANTA - Bronchial Amigo
- OS #24
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Z
ZEN - Not in my
town, you don't! - OS #8
ZINC
- A
little zinc keeps you in the pink. - OS
#3
ZINC
OXIDE OINTMENT - popular with
beach freaks - OS #11
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