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...When the President was plagued by hoarseness during the campaign, did he pop cough drops into his mouth, even as ordinary citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Union & the World | 1/8/1965 | See Source »

...From cough drops to corn plasters, all prescriptions written under the National Health Service will forthwith be free: a 280 prescription charge on each item was abolished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Could Have Been Worse--But Is It Good Enough? | 11/20/1964 | See Source »

...mentioned that it was during the Kennedy-Johnson years that the blue whale became commercially extinct." ∙The Wichita, Kans., Eagle affected dismay after Johnson kissed a baby: "Is it proper for the President to expose himself to the afflictions which beset the nursery crowd? Measles or whooping cough in the White House could have repercussions for the whole free world." ∙The Washington Star was amused by the Johnsonian declaration that "for the first time in history, profits are higher than ever before": "With the above offering, the Chief has taken his place alongside those forgotten orators who reminded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Cause for Mirth | 11/6/1964 | See Source »

Vending as an industry was saved by widespread shakeouts, new directions and new types of machines. Many small operators dropped out, unable to compete for locations or cough up $2,000 for a single, modern coffee dispenser. In the last five years, 400 mergers have taken place. Meanwhile new mechanical marvels have lured more nickels and dimes. Coffee, the most profitable product (2.8 billion cups last year), percolated higher sales and earnings with the introduction of single-cup, variable-strength mixers. Soft drinks in cups, an impulse purchase, boomed with the introduction of cracked ice to the machines. Cigarettes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailing: The Ubiquitous Salesman | 10/23/1964 | See Source »

...Teahouse of the August Moon. Back home, she ushered in Broadway theaters during Saturday matinee and evening performances. About then, she decided that she only had six months to live. "You really appreciate life when you know you're going to die," she discloses. But before the last cough, she began making the rounds of actors' workshops, consulting the New York City telephone directories for a suitable pseudonym, and unquestionably finding a name in 8,000,-000-Angelina Scarangella...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadway: The Girl | 4/10/1964 | See Source »

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