Word: midnighters
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...ball ended exactly at the stroke of midnight for the Harvard women’s basketball team...
...film, written by Paul Laverty, focuses on a Sinn Fein (or revolutionist) "flying column" operating in County Cork, with special emphasis on a gentle young doctor, Damien (Cillian Murphy) and his more hot-headed brother, Teddy (Padraic Delaney), who is the group's leader. Theirs is a life of midnight raids on British barracks, roadside ambushes, betrayals, captivity (which includes brutal torture) and the meting out of summary justice to informers, all of which Loach captures with potent realism...
...only that was the end of the story. After press conferences for the 7 p.m. game ended after midnight, I spent the next hour-and-a-half writing my stories. While waiting on line at a cheesesteak truck, the time changed from 2 to 3. I dripped Cheez Whiz all over my sneakers, shared a cab ride with three girls intent on making “sexual” the English language’s most-used adjective, and proceeded on to the airport for a 6 a.m. flight. Next thing I know I’m being shaken awake...
...Skip the shower on Sunday morning before you leave for that walk of shame; you’ll be saving water even if you’re not saving face. 2) Burn the midnight oil—literally—and do your calculus by candlelight. Accuse your TF of environmental insensitivity if he downgrades you for wax drips. 3) Unplug your “personal massager.” 4) Unplug your other “personal massager.” 5) Turn off the heat in all the rooms in your entryway and count how many days...
...number in bold near the top, prompting students to “get in touch” with the campus rep. “I’d get calls at 3 a.m. from people trying to order pizzas,” she says. Thankfully for both McGugan and midnight snackers, this is no longer the case...