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That midday nap in class might actually help you learn more when you wake up, according to a recent study conducted by Harvard researchers...
...scuffle in front of live TV cameras during a training session. The Danes mounted their own smackdown, a three-way rumpus involving Jesper Gronkjaer, Stig Tofting and Thomas Graveson. Team official Jim Stjerne-Hansen told reporters afterwards: 'These players need a kindergarten teacher to sort them out.' And longer nap times. ?By Aparisim Ghosh...
...overcast, chilly day in Allston that seemed ideal for little except a long and lazy nap, a number of out-of-shape journalists milled around on a softball diamond preparing for a meaningless intramural contest. As we tossed the ball around to warm up, I was suddenly struck by what I can assure you was a rather different thought than the other players were having: This is what I came back to America to do. At last, I’m home...
...Buck Zuckerman, a Wall Streeter married to the actress Ruth Taylor (she played Lorelei Lee in the 1928 film of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"), would go downtown to work each morning, peddle stocks until mid-afternoon, come home and take a nap - so he could be fresh for an evening's prowl of the city's top night spots; his son still has a 1937 album of photos from El Morocco. Phyllis Adams, a pert swank Manhattan deb, has her own memory book of nightclub propositions from elegant gents, including Errol Flynn. Brooklyn's Davie Lerner had never been inside...
...with just two hours left, members of the Adams team noticed one of their teammates about to take a nap, and they collectively worked to keep her awake...