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Article: THE LIME IN THE COCONUT.(Pasatiempo)
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- The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2009
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Byline: ROBERT NOTT I THE NEW MEXICAN
hat self-respecting lover needs a magic love potion? I still recall those comic-book and wrestling-magazine ads for Spanish fly ("Get her into the mood for love"), which tempted me to part with the few dollars I had as a young teen -- as did ads for X-ray glasses (they didn't work), ant farms (my parents are still stepping on the descendants), and muscle-building formulas (instead of Arnold Schwarzenegger, I ended up looking like Arnold Stang).
But, as the Donizetti opera The Elixir of Love makes clear, magical spells and potions have been around much longer than Betty and Veronica comic books -- going at least as ...