Word: insomnia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Plagued by early morning insomnia from overtime Lamont Library construction, 55 bleary-eyed residents of A through D entries in Wigglesworth Hall yesterday petitioned Aldrich Durant, business manager of the University, and the Student Council for a cessation of 6 o'clock dawn construction...
...York lawyer who frequently represents editors & publishers, Wittenberg came to this conclusion after four years' study of 4,000 libel suits. His Dangerous Words (Columbia University; $5), published this week, may keep some journalists from plunging over the libelous precipice, but is more likely to give them insomnia...
...still lose this war . . . the only time I ever made such a statement." The plan for the Third Army's subsequent breakthrough, Patton claims, was in his head complete as he awoke one morning: "Whether these tactical thoughts of mine are the result of inspiration or insomnia, I have never been able to determine, but nearly every tactical idea I have had has come into my head full-born, much after the manner of Minerva from the head of Jupiter...
Testimonial. In Islington. Australia, grateful Frances Devereux refused to prosecute James Ford for bashing her in the head with an ax, explained to reporters that the blow had cured her insomnia and improved her appetite...
...Insomnia...