Would you cough up (say) 50p to read what your local politician is up to?

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Do you cough or gag when you try to swallow?

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If you have to cough or sneeze you should cover your mouth with a tissue or cough into your shoulder or elbow to prevent spread of virus.

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As a contract's value goes against you, you have to cough up more cash.

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Besides the base management fee, you are expected to cough up 20% of gains, or sometimes 20% of returns exceeding some benchmark.

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You are supposed to cough up roughly 5% of your net worth every year toward college costs, in addition to a large piece of your paycheck.

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This is true of the flu, hepatitis and AIDS. With the avian flu, we've modeled the virus on supercomputers, and we think we understand why it binds deep in the lungs--it's not communicable--you don't cough it up.

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"I'm not a medic so I don't know how it is passed on, but you can spit, cough, sneeze - anything that comes out of your body is how it is passed on I suppose, " he said.

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To get reimbursed for over-the-counter medications, such as pain relievers and cough syrup, you'll need a prescription or letter from your doctor.

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"You might be there for a cough, but the doctor says, 'Let's talk about this, ' " Lanier says.

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If the contract goes in your favor, on the other hand, the counterparty has to cough up cash to you which you can withdraw or invest.

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So if you have a cold, flu, cough, bronchitis, those are all viral infections and need antivirals.

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Here's a change in the way you might treat that smoker's cough.

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You may not charge them an exit tax, you may not insist that they liquidate and cough up before they go, crystallise capital gains or any of the other things that the US system demands.

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The nasal drainage associated with colds can hasten dehydration, and some over-the-counter cold remedies containing antihistamines (many cough syrups, for instance) can dry you out further, Dr. Rosenbaum points out.

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