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This turns out to be a complex and interesting matter. And Insomnia turns out to be a worthy successor to director Christopher Nolan's Memento, which was last year's most discussible hit. The new movie does not tell its story backward--you're allowed only one gimmick that sensational per career. It is, in fact, a rather conventionally, sometimes almost ploddingly developed narrative...
...Insomnia (May 24): Warner’s only really promising offering of the summer is this thriller from red-hot director Christopher Nolan. Fresh off of Memento, Nolan decided to tackle another twisty murder story. Al Pacino stars as a police detective sent to a small Alaska town to investigate the murder of a young girl. However, he accidentally shoots his partner while chasing a suspect, and becomes entangled in a deceitful mess with a local detective (Hilary Swank) and the killer himself (Robin Williams). Reports confirm that the story is not told backwards, or even in random order...
...Congress as a whole approves of guaranteeing the same insurance coverage to mental health patients as to patients with physical ailments, and approved a limited version of a parity law in 1996, there is considerable disagreement over the extent to which that parity will be extended. Should everything from insomnia or moodiness be covered, as the Senate insists? Or will coverage be limited, as it has in the past, to major mental health problems, like severe depression or schizophrenia? House Republicans are wary of creating truly comprehensive parity, fearing resulting insurance costs will be too great for employers to bear...
...pepper plant that grows on the remote tropical islands of Polynesia. It's famous for the calm, dreamy state of mind it induces, and the locals have used it for centuries to celebrate weddings and greet visiting royalty. Kava enthusiasts claim that it can ease anything from anxiety and insomnia to menopause. In sleepless, stress-rattled America, consumers spend more than $50 million on kava--kava drinks, kava drops, kava capsules, kava candy and kava...
What this ‘tough luck’ assessment means for the anxious dreamers is that sweet dreams turn bitter too often and guilt interrupts the pursuit of shut-eye. Intentional insomnia may be the only solution. “I don’t need that much sleep,” says Emilia N. Asare ’04. “I sometimes feel sleep is a waste of time. I wish I didn’t have to sleep...