Word: boastfulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Worst Synching Feeling Milli Vanilli, who won a 1989 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, had to admit not only that they didn't sing live onstage but also that it wasn't their own voices on their albums. Goodbye Grammy. As for their earlier boast that they were better than Bob Dylan and the Beatles? Well, sure -- as dancers...
...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...
Many Americans concede nothing to the Japanese in the tirelessness department. "People love to boast about how little sleep they've had," says Dr. Neil Kavey, director of Columbia University's sleep center in New York City. "It's macho and dynamic." Those who run themselves ragged are often hailed as ambitious comers, while those who insist on getting their rest are dismissed as lazy plodders...
...dozen people expected to testify during the trial, the key prosecution witness is 16-year-old Genesio Barbosa da Silva (no relation to the defendants), a former Da Silva ranch hand. He told police that he overheard the younger Da Silva plan and then boast of Mendes' murder. Several other people have said they heard both Da Silvas threaten Mendes and the seringueiros. And the son confessed to the shooting, although he later retracted the statement...
...resulting mixture is not always successful. Given Bial's experimental intent, it is ironic that his more traditional one acts boast the better acting and more inventive staging. But Bial's determination to probe the alternate meanings of the holidays results in a production with an overall effect greater than the sum of its parts...