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...never get anything done. People would wander down to the river with a book or two and become sidetracked socializing, or perhaps close their eyes in the warmth and sleep in the sun. On a sunny day it's hard to resist a jog, a bike ride or a nap down by the river, and consequently grades would plummet from the happy B+/ A- territory to the occasional B-, and (ahhhh), maybe even C's would appear on a few papers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Controls the Weather | 12/14/1996 | See Source »

John said he'd probably be able to make an exception to catch-and-release in Saddam's case. But there was a risk, he said, that he'd nod off for a nap while the subject was being discussed. He told me that his wife Jean sometimes starts to say something to him and then quietly tiptoes away. If he got to the White House, he must have been thinking, someone like the Secretary of State might have to take Jean's role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TOSSED SHORTS FACTOR | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

...cure anyone complaining of sanity. Sure, a barber shop quartet starring disease-carrying vermin rates high on anyone's cuteness scale, but after a funk number, or a gospel number, or the film's opening chorus...one just wants to crawl under a carpet and take a quiet nap...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: MTV Flick Grows Old Quick | 7/30/1996 | See Source »

...pages. Look for a return volley on HotWired this week. In another online mud fight, ESPNET SportsZone unleashed a filtering program designed to keep employees of rival SportsLine USA out of its site (which is open to everyone else on the planet). Maybe it's time for a nap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Apr. 15, 1996 | 4/15/1996 | See Source »

...take a one-hour nap before I work," she said. But one must maximize utility in that one hour. "If you jump straight into the dream cycle instead of the other kind of sleep. You'll be all rested...

Author: By Alexander T. Nguyen, | Title: Students Struggle to Stave Off the Z's | 11/30/1995 | See Source »

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