Word: nap
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Writing in the current issue of Science, the researchers report that the flies are somnolent mainly at night and active during daylight hours: that elderly (33-day-old) flies sleep less and more erratically than younger ones; that fruit flies deprived of sleep must nap longer to recover; that caffeine keeps them awake, and antihistamines make them that drowsy...
...back and relish their respective victories over Bill Bradley and John McCain. Their campaign managers, however, are unlikely to allow that sort of idle reflection - the presumptive presidential nominees face a long and trying road to the November elections, and while the urge to take a long nap must be overwhelming, this is the time to take stock and, hopefully, pinpoint a winning strategy...
Antonio Mora, news anchor, Good Morning America. "It's summed up in one word: nap. That's what allowed me to be able to survive and to get up in the morning in time to do everything that I needed to do. Caffeine does work for me. I'm one of the last Tab drinkers in America...
...weeks of his political life, and it had changed him. Not long after he was given the first exit polls showing he would win, Bush emerged from his hotel suite in Columbia in his running shorts and a sweat jacket. His eyes were bloodshot from exhaustion and from the nap he had just taken. Asked how he felt to have won, he barely smiled. "It's good," he said soberly. "But there's still a long...
Rubin says he fights the temptation to nap during lecture...