Word: midday
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...elements harmonize, none taking precedence over the others. In “Nu de la Mer” (1966), water rises tranquilly around the legs and torso of a bather and courses in at her waist, forming a delicate liquid skirt jeweled by streaks of glimmering refractions of the midday sun that fall upon her thighs. In another well balanced print, “Soleil sur Marais” (1962), jittery zigzags of light serve as a topographical map, and mark a woman fully submerged just under the surface of the ocean. Because of the high contrast and abstraction...
...many droopy-eyed Harvard students, a midday power nap may seem pointless considering the distance between their classrooms and beds. Students at Indiana University South Bend have found a solution to this problem by starting a “nap club.” The club’s headquarters is a dark, quiet room where up to 15 students at a time can snooze and be insured that a moderator will wake them up for their next class. However, Associate Dean of Harvard College, Judith H. Kidd was skeptical that such an institution could be established at Harvard...
...just keep the doctor away, according to a study released this week by the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Athens Medical School. Because midday napping is a common practice in Mediterranean culture, researchers studied more than 23,000 Greek adults for an average of six years and found that subjects who indulged in regular snoozes were 37 percent less likely to die of heart disease than those who pushed through the day without a nap. Michael Irwin, a co-author of the study and psychiatry professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience at University of California...
...told the guard I had cancer of the uterus. I did not believe her because I was sure she was not a qualified doctor. But apparently the guards and others at the detention house believed her. My treatment improved. More months passed. Suddenly, on March 27, 1973, after the midday meal, while I was walking about in the cell, a guard opened the small window and said, ''Pack up all your things.'' ''All my things?'' I asked her. ''Yes, all your things. Don't leave anything behind.'' In the interrogation rooms, the interrogator said, ''I will read the conclusion arrived...
...here that we encountered the Education Canine dog school, a lively bunch of pampered pooches enrolled on a rigorous exercise and discipline program. Our twenty-strong tasting panel was more than ready for some liquid refreshment after a long midday walk. They (quite literally) lapped the stuff...