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...terrorist war has been going on for more than a decade, and Clinton knew it was going on,” Horowitz said during his speech last Thursday. “He was asleep on his watch, leaving 300 million Americans depending on his protection exposed to danger.” Clinton’s insufficient response to the first World Trade Center attack in 1993 is a testament to his failure to protect the American people from terrorism...
...could tell you horror stories," says Jaya Agrawal, president of the American Medical Student Association, which runs a website where residents can post anonymous anecdotes. Some are terrifying. "I was operating after being up for over 36 hours," one writes. "I literally fell asleep standing up and nearly face planted into the wound...
...Practically every surgical resident I know has fallen asleep at the wheel driving home from work," writes another. "I know of three who have hit parked cars. Another hit a 'Jersey barrier' on the New Jersey Turnpike, going 65 m.p.h...
...Sated by the sun and rocked by the wakes of slow-moving night barges, I don't even remember falling asleep, but I woke soon enough to the sound of Ton, our chef and captain, preparing breakfast on deck?above my head. Before eating, the guests offered alms to the monks at the nearby temple, who sent us on our way with a prayer and an exhortation to return...
...doing at the moment. It's, like, let's only have goals that we can go after. U2 is about the impossible. Politics is the art of the possible. They're very different, and I'm resigned to that now. Music's the thing that stopped me from falling asleep in the comfort of my freedom. I learned about South America from listening to the Clash. I learned about Situationism from the Sex Pistols. But that's a long way from budget caps and dealing with a Congress that is suspicious of aid because it has been so misused...