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...Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Hobson uses electroencephalograms (EEG). He says measurements of the brain's electrical output, made by attaching electrodes to the head, show that the brain is almost 90 percent more active during REM sleep than at any other slumber time. The normal human passes through five distinct stages of sleep, with the REM stage following the lighter, first two stages. Sleep stages three and four--following REM chronologically--are deep sleep periods...
...explosive complexity of those southern disturbances highlighted the difficulties of controlling a vast empire comprising more than 100 distinct nationalities and ethnic groups living in 15 republics. Russia's rulers have been dealing with restive nationalities since the days of the Czars, but rarely has the problem assumed such urgency. At least two people died 15 months ago, when riots broke out in Alma-Ata, capital of Kazakhstan, to protest the naming of a Russian to head the local Communist Party. A band of Crimean Tatars demonstrated in Red Square last July, seeking the right to return to their homeland...
...What if you're talking to someone who has a distinct Southern accent?" a client asks. "Does it make a difference...
What this guy told me, however, was that for the proper shave, one must progress in distinct stages, always following the curvature of the face, moving from top to bottom, but also taking into strict account the particular needs of the jaw line and chin with several short, quick strokes, as deemed necessary, following the shave with four-to-five splashes of cool--approximately 75 degrees, never below 60--water, a half-ounce of one's preferred aftershave, and then a towel pat down to remove excess moisture from the skin...
Biking often gives its devotees a distinct advantage. "In Cambridge, you can actually go faster than the cars if you're biking," says Kris Kobach. "It's probably the fastest means of transportation here...