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Try at your own (and partners) risk. A classic I think we can all agree. Melt one to two 5ml spoonfuls of Vicks VapoRub into a bowl of hot water and then "Keep sufficient distance from the bowl ...

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Karl Vick is an editor at large at TIME. He has also served as TIME's Jerusalem bureau chief. He has reported from 60 countries and in 2001 was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service ...