The second patient, a 45-year-old woman, took a similar cold remedy on top of drugs for migraine, depression and obesity.

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The first patient in the study, a 46-year-old woman, took a common cold remedy for two days on top of her medication for migraine, depression and asthma.

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But how about the time you asked for a raise, took on responsibilities beyond your experience or cold called that new business prospect?

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After our fresh lunch of trout, roasted onions and pineapple, we took a short hike, using hip waders to walk into the cold stream that emptied the lake.

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The witness, whose son is a police officer, said the family involved began a "vendetta" against her and her husband after she took tea and coffee to officers who called at the street on a cold January day.

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Immigrants took up arms to preserve our union, to defeat fascism, and to win a Cold War.

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President Jacques Chirac of France, for example, took issue with Bush's characterization of the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty as a relic of the Cold War.

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But in this moment, as in so many others like it, when I took stock of their unhappy reaction to what I said, I felt myself at the cold, hard center of a perfect storm: We expect more from technology and less from each other.

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