Word: asleep
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sign of sleep deprivation is requiring an alarm clock to wake up. Another is falling asleep within five minutes after your head hits the pillow. Well-rested people drop off in 10 to 15 minutes. A third clue is napping at will. "People like to boast about their ability to catch 40 winks whenever they want," explains Dement, "but what it means is that they're excessively sleepy." On the other hand, when people get enough rest, they remain awake no matter what the provocation: droning teachers, boring books, endless roads, heavy meals, glasses of wine -- even articles about sleep...
...Asleep at the Wheel...
...kind of asleep at the wheel and wakes up when there's an alarm, and doesn't know which button to press, so he goes eeney-meeney-miney-mo and hits a button and does avert a meltdown," Simon said. "He becomes a hero and feels guilty about it. It's not a politically charged episode...
Nevertheless, I remember being completely entranced by the music (my parents kept looking over to see if I was asleep) and deciding then and there that I would never live without this glorious sound...
...raped freshman year. The assailant was someone in my dorm. I was not in any way romantically involved with him, but I did know him. He just walked into my room...I was alone and asleep...I am a small woman; there are very few adult men I could hope to overpower physically. All I had was my voice, just a "no," and even that was taken from...