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...University and past president of the American College of Cardiology. Demerol can also cause a sudden stoppage of the heart in patients who are dehydrated. The drug causes blood vessels to dilate, or expand, and dehydration would impede this stretching, leading to a dangerous drop in blood pressure and blackout, which can cause sudden death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Drugs Kill Michael Jackson? | 6/27/2009 | See Source »

...blackout dates, no bait-and-switches. We've found nearly two dozen hotels offering standard rack rates of under $100 - from beachside luxury in Puerto Rico and Florida to mountain vistas in Colorado and Utah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer Travel: Hotels for Under $100 | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...these intrusions had taken place, but they had left a software signature. If that wasn't disturbing enough, the North American Electric Reliability Corp., a Congress-authorized regulator, issued an alert that the utilities had not adequately surveyed their computer systems to detect vulnerabilities. (Read "Can We Prevent Another Blackout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Vulnerable Is the Power Grid? | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...regulations be written “simply and clearly.” When presented with a memo directing staffers to “obscure all Federal buildings…from visibility by reason of internal or external illumination,” Franklin Roosevelt told his assistants that if a blackout occurred, “to put something across the windows.” Real leaders—and real people—do not speak in jargon...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: The Boredomization of Politics | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...between Boston and Denver, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco or Seattle. Register here before booking, then buy your tickets online. Take two round-trip flights before May 31 and the third ticket is yours to fly anywhere JetBlue goes by Dec. 15 (except on certain blackout dates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fast Track to Elite: Double Air and Rail Miles | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

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