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Where does your food dollar go?
While recent concern about food costs has been largely triggered by spectacular price hikes of the past year, the fact is that our national grocery bill has been steadily rising for quite some time. It has almost doubled in the past ten years, from $80 billion in 1964 to the nearly $160 billion it's predicted we may spend in 1974.
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A flexible work plan for married women
A national, nonprofit educational service called Catalyst has made it its business to help the family-oriented woman use some of her education and energy in the working world without sacrificing her homelife. In these days of high prices, the extra income could be essential to your family's welfare.
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What to look for in an annual report
When you're considering buying stock in a company-- or when you already own some shares-- the annual report can be an extremely informative communication from the company. But you've got to be able to find the facts.
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WHEN THE BLUES REALLY GET YOU DOWN
If the Fifties were the age of anxiety, one psychiatrist has written, the Seventies are the age of melancholy. Depression-- serious, debilitating, deep-down bouts of gloom that drain the energy and paralyze the will-- has risen to the status of a national epidemic. The widely publicized case of Senator Thomas Eagleton, who withdrew from the 1972 vice-presidential race after disclosure of his two episodes of depression, highlights the problem, but it's not confined to political candidates.
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Little cars that act big
Automobile manufacturers in our country, as you may have noticed, are no longer producing small cars that are just low-priced, scaled-down copies of their full-sized sedans. Instead, today's small car, through design and use, is displacing the traditional family station wagon as all-around utility vehicle, at a savings in size and price.
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HOW TO GLAMORIZE A BATHROOM
If you're planning a new bathroom-- or if you're about to rejuvenate an old one-- the design options open to you are virtually limitless. So, why settle for a conventional grouping of fixtures surrounded by dull shapes and drab surfaces? With careful planning, you can make your new-- or renewed-- bathroom as imaginative and as expressive as the rest of your house.
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How to make the most of your eyes
Our eyes give meaning to the words we speak. At one time or another, each of us has searched someone's eyes for their silent message. More than a finely chiseled nose-- or a cupid's bow mouth-- expressive eyes get attention.
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Crafts for Family Fun
Just for fun, try your hand at our great winter collection of crafts and games. Everyone in your family will find something here to enjoy, whether it's old-time rhythm instruments, elegant new leather patchwork, or a nine-hole miniature golf course. Howto information is included, of course.
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Ethnic cooking made easier
You, too, can turn out the luscious Italian and Chinese dishes fancied by our "Families that like to cook." To make it easier, we've assembled some specialized cooking accessories. Large stockpots can be used for a variety of soups and stews besides the Italian sauces. Use the pot for preparing double- or triple-batch recipes, then pop the food into the freezer for future use.
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How to order material from the magazine
Our exclusive collection of safety pin and bead jewelry is as much fun to make as it is to wear. Each piece is easy to assemble and suitable for almost any age and wardrobe. This handcrafted jewelry is both richly beaded and reasonably priced, which makes it ideal for gift-giving. Each of these Better Homes and Gardens kits is satisfaction-guaranteed.
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Skimp and splurge vacationing in HAWAII
The tropical enticements of the Hawaiian Islands are marvelously democratic in their availability to all. You don't have to arrive loaded down with tons of money to savor the ingredients of Everyman's dream of paradise: lovely beaches interspersed with dramatic rocky shores; lush forests against a backdrop of lofty volcanoes; countless hours of sunshine pleasantly softened by balmy breezes; luxuriant plants and exotic flowers; tumbling waterfalls and soaring mountains; rice paddies and ranches; and always the proximity of the purely blue Pacific and of the joyfully lyrical people of Hawaii, who generate an every-day-is-a-festival mood that turns noises into melodies, motion into dancing, and dragons into bright, cheerful kites.
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Better Homes Shopping editor's choice
Discover the ease and pleasure of shopping by mail. Order from the convenience of your own home with complete confidence. If not delighted each company will happily refund your money.
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The man next door
A lot of people are complaining that the mail is slow. I can't entirely agree. In the last five years, for example, my gas and phone bills haven't been late once.
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