Word: midafternoon
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...midafternoon the riders were listing seriously. All they had to do was make it back to Mamou still able to function minimally. There the girls would join them on the backs of their steeds, and they could have gumbo, and they could dance until midnight. The lesson seemed to be: get drunk, hunt chickens, eat well, kiss the dickens out of pretty girls, straighten your deportment the next day, assume your place among your fellow...
...reasons, particularly for people subject to either stress or boredom. Music is soothing. Oddly enough, Muzak even claims that its recordings make workers feel more in control of their environment and more cared for by their employers. Most important, though, is that workers slow down in mid-morning and midafternoon, and music can counteract that. Muzak's selections get faster as the workers near those slack periods. The company calls that "stimulus progression...
...exhaustive surveying and reporting of the well-staffed networks, but in the failure of voters to do what they told reporters they would do. As far as election day itself, if true New Hampshire Mondale supporters had seen the TV projection of Hart's growing lead by midafternoon, one hopes they would have felt even more motivated to go to the polls, believing (ironically because of the previous projections themselves) that New Hampshire Democrats are largely Mondale Democrats in the first place and that something wrong must be happening...
...Weinberger said that efforts would be made to reduce the vulnerability of the Marines in Lebanon, perhaps by moving them to more secure positions. The White House ruled out any increase in combat strength in Lebanon but planned to send replacements for the dead and wounded. In fact, by midafternoon, Marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C., were receiving their orders to replace the men who had been killed that morning. Declared Weinberger: "Our commitment to the cause of Middle East peace still remains." A top White House aide noted: "We're convinced that this was done by someone who wants...
...traditionally resilient and resourceful Lebanese capital, longtime Western residents observed a degree of discouragement greater than any in recent memory. Electricity and water were rationed, and streets were almost deserted by midafternoon. As stray rockets exploded near by, a bank manager tried to explain the prevailing mood of indifference. "You know," he said, "we are way behind in calculating the interest on savings accounts. Normally we would have a lobby full of angry people. But now there is no one. So many have left the country, and the ones who have stayed don't seem to care." -By WilliamE...