Word: asleep
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dodge more wagons, their drivers frequently asleep, the donkeys as sad as donkeys insist on appearing. There are men in uniform waiting for rides. There are women with groceries and babies waiting for rides. Some of the hitchers raise their hands to a passing car, but most don't. Some express frustration when they feel that a passing car could fit more people (i.e., them), but most don't. Most just watch you pass, squinting beyond you, for the next slowing car or truck. But when a car stops, never is there competition for the ride. Never is there shoving...
...Year's Eve, it's usually a good idea to go to bed at a decent hour. Even teetotalers tend to feel a bit hung over if they stay up all night. Don't be surprised, however, if you wake up a couple of hours after you fall asleep. Your brain counteracts alcohol's sedative effects by becoming more excited...
...natural born killers waited until the parents were asleep upstairs before heading down to the basement to put on their show. The first videotape is almost unbearable to watch...
...health-care system. Aptly titled "To Err Is Human," it explores the reasons doctors and nurses make mistakes, which can include drugs with names so similar that they're easy to confuse (see PERSONAL TIME: YOUR HEALTH) and duty shifts so excessively long that physicians and interns fall asleep on their feet (see accompanying story...
Harvard can't afford to fall asleep Saturday against the visiting Red Raiders. Even though Colgate is riding a four-game losing streak, last year it defeated the Crimson 67-63 at home...