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John Kenneth Gailbraith's housekeeper never had a problem saying no. One day President Lyndon Johnson called the Galbraith house wanting to talk to the great economist, who had lain down for a little shut-eye. "He's taking a nap and has left strict orders not to be disturbed," said the housekeeper. Johnson replied, "Well, I'm the President. Wake him up." The response: "I'm sorry, Mr. President, but I work for Mr. Galbraith, not for you." Click...
...current posting on the study pool Web site offers $60 for a five-hour study that asks its subjects to choose between a movie and a nap...
...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...
...your bells.” Adam M. Virgadamo ’07 lives two floors under the bells, and noted unusual bell activity this week. He explained that while the bells typically do not disrupt his routine, “I was battling against Mother Earth for a nap on Monday.” “Mother Earth” is the name of the largest bell, weighing in at 13 tons, and what Virgamamo doesn’t know, while he tried to sleep, Father Roman, Konovalov, and Michourovski performed an impromptu afternoon concert...
...nap a day may 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...