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Owing two months' back rent is a constant in his life, but so is resourcefulness; this is the person who turned a discarded mattress into a ravishing coat. It's just a question of where his pluck and ingenuity will take him next. --By George Epaminondas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shape Of Things To Come | 2/5/2003 | See Source »

...Finally, after five days of interrogation, I was loaded into a police van and driven to a prison in Dhaka, where I was given a cell to myself with a sink and enough blankets to make a mattress. The prison hospital gave me painkillers for the throbbing in my knee. Compared to my treatment at the police station, this was luxurious. Then, after 50 days in custody, I was finally released on bail on Jan. 18, thanks in large part to pressure from Paris-based Reporters Without Borders and New York's Center to Protect Journalists. But the police have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prisoner's Tale | 2/4/2003 | See Source »

...mattress should be firm. Never sleep with a baby on a sofa or a water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bedtime for Baby | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

Medical-equipment manufacturers such as Hill-Rom of Batesville, Ind., and Kinetic Concepts of San Antonio, Texas, rent and sell everything from heavy-duty commodes and wheelchairs to mechanized beds that can hold 500 lbs. to 1,000 lbs., help turn patients and feature air-circulation mattress systems to help prevent bedsores. The market for bed surfaces and accessories alone is estimated to be $150 million a year and is growing 15% annually. "As the obesity epidemic grows, so does our revenue," says Lynne Sly, vice president of marketing at Kinetic Concepts. Rental rates are steep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Sell XXXL | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

Make sure there is no space between the mattress and headboard because a baby's small head could slip between them. Cram any spaces and crevices with towels, and check them nightly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bedtime for Baby | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

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