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...coin expert determined that a number of coins being sold through Fisher's museum were fakes. The county attorney has warned concerned customers that others may be too. The coins, purportedly taken from a Spanish galleon fleet lost in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1733, are genuine gold but not necessarily authentic, even though buyers received certificates from Fisher and his firm attesting to their age and origin. For example, a coin purchased for $5,900 may be worth only $272.50 based on current gold prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble With Treasure | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

...with flowers and sympathy just yet. It sounds very serious--Graves' Disease--and it can be, but it is rarely life-threatening, especially when diagnosed early. More than one million Americans suffer from the disease, among them former President George Bush, First Lady Barbara Bush, two-time Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers and women's golf champion Pat Bradley. As this small sample indicates, Graves' Disease tends to manifest itself in very active and energetic individuals. In fact, as journalists speculated in the aftermath of the Gulf War, President Bush's Graves' Disease may have been precipitated by the stresses...

Author: By Jim Cocola, | Title: Facing the Grave | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

...pharmaceutical unit Wyeth-Ayerst hopes to launch next year, is designed to induce sleep without producing a groggy feeling the next morning. "There is a tremendous issue in sleep disturbance," says consultant Coleman. "So when we get a product that people have utter confidence in, that will be a gold mine for someone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drug Quest: Magic Bullets For Boomers | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

...Make safety glamorous: cover U.S. fire hydrants in gold leaf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Blow $50 Billion Without Even Trying | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

Marijuana is not a performance-inducing drug, according to the International Olympic Committee, but they?re going to ban it anyway. Stung by being forced to restore the gold medal to Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati, who had been disqualified at Nagano after testing positive for the substance, the IOC today announced plans to tighten up its testing regulations to include the ?social drug.? Prince Alexandre de Merode of the IOC medical commission said the danger with marijuana was that ?it can give you the impression that you are indestructible.? No word on the IOC?s attitude toward footwear commercials that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marijuana Faces Olympic Ban | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

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