Word: asleep
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Compounding their usual turnover problems, the Ram's special teams seemed to be asleep at the wheel against the Big Green. Fordham botched a punt snap, which led to Dartmouth's first touchdown and a 6-0 first-quarter lead. The Big Green also blocked two Ram punts...
These oscillations, Llinas believes, are the basic building blocks of consciousness. What the brain does, whether asleep or awake, he notes, is make images. But these are purely mental constructions, even when they're based on external information. For example, says Llinas, "light is nothing but electromagnetic radiation. Colors clearly don't exist outside our brains, nor does sound. Is there a sound if a tree drops in the forest and no one hears it? No. Sound is the relationship between external vibrations and the brain. If there is no brain, there can be no sound...
...federal appeals court ruled that TV stations can no longer air steamy movies or racy talk shows as early as 8 p.m. Instead, sexually suggestive or explicit shows will have to wait till 10 p.m., when the kids presumably are asleep. "It is fanciful to believe that the vast majority of parents who wish to shield their children from indecent material can effectively do so without meaningful restrictions on the airing of broadcast indecency," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said. Viewers probably won't notice any difference. The ruling doesn't apply to the cable...
Comfort level: Medium. Yet another mediocre judgment. The chairs will not let your fall asleep nor will they force you to use Doan's the next morning...
...first reaction, as my annoying roommate repeatedly attempted to lift me out of my comatose state, was to call him some names that I'd rather not mention in print. Nevertheless, he managed to drag me out of bed and into the common room. As I stood there, asleep on my feet, he asked me if I noticed whether there was anything strange about the room; immediately, my eyes honed in on the figure lying fast asleep on the futon, wearing what looked like one of my roommate's numerous plaid J. Crew shirts. Very quickly, I circled around...