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...million Number of people from age 12 to 25 who have used over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to get high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...Number of nonprescription medications that contain the cough suppressant DXM, which in high doses acts as a dissociative hallucinogenic drug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...Meanwhile, parents planning to hire horses and elephants for their children's birthday parties - another growing trend - find themselves having to cough up similar prices. "We really wanted an elephant for our son's birthday," says Gul Mukhey, a business development professional based in Delhi. "But the owner said the price on that particular day would be 21,000 rupees ($525) as we were in a long queue!" But mare and elephant owners counter criticism of their prices by pointing out that it costs a lot to maintain their animals, and since they mostly get work during the wedding season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get the Groom an Elephant | 12/18/2007 | See Source »

...Branding, Branding, Branding! And not just in the sense of selling stuff. Sure, certain businesses have discovered that a well-conceived list can be marketable. (Cough! TIME 100! Cough!) But for selling ideas--making them definitive and catchy--a number and a catchphrase do wonders. If only the Founding Fathers had named the Bill of Rights 10 Great Tips for a Freedom-tastic Country!, Americans might actually be able to remember them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of 10 | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...Sunday evening a week after delivering the best speech of his campaign before thousands of roaring supporters at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner, the Illinois Senator is easily distracted, interrupting himself to get a bottle of water for a man with a cough. A few minutes later, he stops in the middle of a riff to pick up an earring dropped by a woman in the front row. And Obama's energy level fluctuates. "He hits the wall in late afternoon before really firing back up," explains Iowa press secretary Tommy Vietor, making a sine curve with his hand. For long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Obama's Iowa Surge for Real? | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

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