Word: jetlag
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Perhaps it was jetlag, but facing off against three Illinois teams in the Wildcat Invitational this weekend, the Harvard women’s volleyball team struggled to three consecutive 3-1 losses...
...sure, passengers may be emotionally aroused well before they enter the cabin - from delays, boredom, jetlag or saying farewell to loved ones. Also, by some estimates, as many as one in five passengers has a fear of flying. And a few experts say that airlines, whose advertisements depict air travel as a relaxed, soothing realm of smiling passengers and subservient flight attendants, may themselves be partially to blame for raising travelers' expectations. It's a claim airlines flatly dismiss. "Ludicrous," says Ben Hall, a spokesman for Virgin Atlantic Airways. "We have to look at how many cases of air rage...
...economy so much as scrape its knee in a long, long time. The plane (sorry about changing that metaphor), which has been on a steep ascent all year, is leveling off as corrections in the markets provide a downdraft and the New Economy succumbs to a touch of jetlag. But we haven't crashed yet, and we jettisoned inflation fears over Lake Michigan sometime this fall...
...Harvard headed to California, where the Crimson was supposed to play strong opponents, including No. 1 Stanford, Cal and Pacific, balanced by a relatively easy Santa Clara team. Whether it was the jetlag or the sun, Harvard dropped the match to Santa Clara and was only able to pull out a victory over Pacific. Overall, the trip contributed to Harvard's slide in the national rankings...
...walk through your front door after a long business trip to find the neighborhood guys raiding your fridge and hitting on your wife. You're no coward, but the jetlag's killing you and you don't like the odds up against the whole block...