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...coughed" at intervals as well. Coughing gets rid of the mucus in his respiratory system--in his throat or sometimes deep in his lungs. A nurse holds a coughalator to his throat, which functions like a vacuum cleaner. When she removes the tubing to the ventilator, it sets off a high-pitched alarm, as in a pop-off. Then she puts in inhalers to help Reeve's lungs open and breathe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW HOPES, NEW DREAMS | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

...Star Factor: Getting a glimpse of the stars' homes is as hard as life without oxygen, but getting directions there is a piece of cake. While your rental car is being squeegeed by a helpful road-side window cleaner, you will come face to face with a Maps of the Stars' Homes stand on the corner and inevitably be offered one for sale. Hey, it beats the Tours of the Stars' Homes, given by minivan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: L.A. on a Student's Budget | 8/6/1996 | See Source »

While swimming is considered a cleaner sport than track and field, drugs have been a factor several times in the past few years: East Germany is now known to have doped its female champions for two decades; two years ago, seven Chinese team members were surprise-tested in Japan and found positive for the same drug--dehydrotestosterone--just days after winning 12 out of 16 gold medals at the world championships in Rome. In the past decade, several U.S. swimmers have tested positive, including Angel Martino, who won two individual bronzes and two relay golds last week, after having been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNDERDOGS' DAY | 8/5/1996 | See Source »

...journal Science. Ground-level measurements several sites worldwide reveal a very slight drop in the presence of chloroflurocarbons and other ozone-depleting atmospheric compounds containing chlorine and bromine. The ground-level decline could lead to a recovery of upper atmosphere ozone levels within a few years when the cleaner air has circulated into the stratosphere. TIME senior science writer Michael Lemonick says the trend is a direct result of international agreements like a 1987 Montreal protocol to curb the production of ozone-killer chemicals. "We first saw a decline in the production of these compounds. Now is the second stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Ozone Rebound? | 5/30/1996 | See Source »

...have a gender-gap problem. The way to ease it is to bring up the real women's issue of this campaign: the fact that more and more women are entrepreneurs--dry-cleaner's owners, real estate-agency owners--and taxes and regulation are killing them. Show women who are breaking their backs pursuing economic freedom that you're on their side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEMO FROM THE DESK OF PEGGY NOONAN | 5/27/1996 | See Source »

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