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...first five years, I dutifully read stories starring mice dressed in little sailor suits or giraffes with self-esteem issues. I read nursery rhymes and Bible stories. When required, I employed a squeaky voice or spoke in one of my (two) accents. Some nights I would fall asleep on her bed with a storybook spread like a tent over my face, dreaming of dragons and rabbits with pocket watches. But reading aloud always made me feel like an actor in a play about good parenting. I looked forward to the time when my daughter could read to herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction Drills | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...When [students] fell asleep reading their book[s] you could turn their pages back," writes undergraduate prankster Dean Masouredis '74. "When they awoke you would see if they remembered where they had been or if they would re-read the material again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Nation's First Undergraduate Library Turns 50 | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

LISTENING FRILLS For those nights when the rest of the house doesn't want to fall asleep to the roar of the Jurassic Park sound track, Sony has come out with the wireless MDR-DS5000, the first headphones that reproduce Dolby surround sound--offering that "you are there" feeling when it's time to be quiet. If that's music to your ears, you might consider the price tag--$550--and opt instead for 75 trips to the multiplex...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology May 31, 1999 | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...could be at home asleep in bed, but your spirit could be out at your neighbor's home, feeling up his wife," Miller said...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Miller Recounts McCarthy Era, Origins of "The Crucible" | 5/12/1999 | See Source »

...could be at home asleep in bed, but your spirit could be out at your neighbor's home, feeling up his wife," Miller said...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Miller Tells of 'Crucible' Origins | 5/12/1999 | See Source »

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