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...jury declared Lilly responsible for the death of Lola T. Jones, 81, in July 1982 and ordered the company to pay $6 million to her son, Clarence Borom, who brought the suit. According to testimony, Lilly knew of the deaths of 29 Oraflex users in Europe when the firm began selling it in the U.S. Lilly recalled Oraflex in August 1982, though it still provides the drug to 700 U.S. patients who have not responded to other treatment. Borom's attorney, Neal Pope, said the verdict tells drug firms that "they had better be candid about their knowledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lilly's Lament: For a drug death: $6 million | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...Xang. A branch of the Thai peoples, the Lao were driven out of southern China by Kublai Khan in the 13th century and fled south to the valleys of the Mekong behind a legendary king, Khun Borom, who rode "a white elephant with beautiful black lips and eyelids." There was, a century later, a brief foray at empire. King Fah Ngum, born with a set of 33 pointed teeth, grabbed all of present-day Laos and part of Thailand by elephant charge and labeled it all Lan Xang Horn Khao, "Land of the Million Elephants and the W'hite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos: The White Elephant | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

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