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Donovan, a member of the heavyweight crew team, said he wrestled the burglar to the floor and yelled for his roommates, who were asleep in the other bedroom...
...haven't just awakened from a long nap, but I've obviously been asleep at this particular switch for quite a while. Then, out of habit one recent evening, I tuned to a baseball game on television. I don't know what caused my altered perceptions, but for the first time in a long while I watched, really watched, what was being displayed on my TV screen. And eureka! I knew the thrill that Archimedes experienced in his bathtub...
...sharing a kitchen and living room with people I didn't know, there were some lessons I simply did not care to learn. Though I had managed to avoid Mike's room, I finally decided that a fulfilling summer experience did not require mastery of the art of falling asleep while the bed shakes back and forth. It may be fine for summer-camp or the first year of college, but I've already served my time in the bunk...
SLEEP ALARM As if Parkinson's patients didn't have enough problems, doctors say a drug called Mirapex may, in rare instances, cause them to fall asleep suddenly. That's no big deal if you're in bed or even at a boring meeting, but big trouble if you're speeding down a highway...
There was that fine June afternoon that I fell asleep after snagging a front row seat at Madeleine K. Albright's Commencement address (my apologies again, Madam Secretary...