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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...however, does not let Hastert and the others who oversee the page program off the hook. When I was a page, I did not know any Senators personally. Sure, Bob Dole once told me my shoes needed to be polished, I woke Senator Jesse Helms up from many a nap, and I watched on multiple occasions as Sen. Strom Thurmond pinched my fellow female pages' behinds. But none of these things happened far from the Senate floor, and I can't remember more than a handful of times in the Capitol that I wasn't well supervised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: A Former Page Says Don't Blame the Program | 10/6/2006 | See Source »

...live in the Quad—I walk [to the Yard]. It interferes in the sense that it does make you exhausted.” Like many observant students, Tellawi schedules her sections so that they don’t interfere with the sunset and naps during the day. “Most days my classes end around one, so I can just take a nap in the afternoon,” Ali said. Iqbal, who is also president of the Radcliffe Rugby Football Club, said she doesn’t play during Ramadan. “In hajeb, sweats...

Author: By Madeline M.G. Haas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Celebrate Ramadan | 9/28/2006 | See Source »

...answers questions and waits good-naturedly for a photographer to set up his equipment. There is no military paraphernalia cluttering his home, which is filled instead with family pictures, knickknacks, and souvenirs from his wife Marisol's sorority days. His 4-year-old daughter is just up from her nap, and he kisses her forehead. He allows Marisol, who is expecting their third child in January, to finish his sentences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Face of Haditha | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...scribbling out equations on their so-called “midterms” that occur on a weekly basis, you’ll be relaxing quietly in a dark lecture hall looking at pictures. Maybe you can even sit in the back and take a midday nap. It’s like preschool all over again. You’ll spend much of your time at the Sackler and Fogg museums, which is great, because some serious learning gets done there. Enjoy exploring undiscovered pathways like the gruleings four-floor climb to your section in the Fogg. Feel proud...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History of Art & Architecture | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...concentrators a bit too well.  On a nice day and with enough whining, most professors and TFs can be persuaded to hold class outside WJH in the courtyard. Between classes, students often take advantage of the cafeteria on the second floor, the comfortable library couches for a nap, or the chance to guinea pig themselves in psych experiments for petty cash. Most of the professors have been around the department for quite a while and will act like over-excited puppies if you show up at their office hours. Professor Peter V. Marsden, who teaches the required statistics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sociology | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

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