Word: naps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite all the diversions, they were able to produce a truly impressive publication before eating pizza and spending the rest of the day with the business side. I, on the other hand, took a nap. Very soon, I realized, one of these girls could get my job. I'm guessing it'll be Walter's daughter...
...methodology, attacking everything from the impartiality of the researchers to the conditions under which the fourth-graders were tested. Lydia Harris, a reading specialist at Hope Central Academy, says the examiners who came to the school "didn't have a clue," and administered the test during children's nap time. She also suspects the State Department of Education, which commissioned the study, may have wanted vouchers to come off badly because its bureaucratic inertia makes it resist systemic reforms like vouchers. Even the study's authors concede their results don't necessarily discredit vouchers. They note that the small edge...
...this time I felt fine. In fact, I never felt the wheels leave the ground, even though I could see we were supposed to be in the air. As we passed through puffy white clouds, I was so comfortable, I could have taken a nap. I had a sudden craving for a diet Coke, but there wasn't a flight attendant in sight. When the thunderstorms and turbulence came along--the part I secretly hoped would make me scared--the seat simply didn't move violently enough to create that queasy, out-of-control feeling that usually makes me wish...
...have nothing to do, I do something instead. I didn't have to write this little essay, for instance. Before doing nothing became a lost art, one that I had put a lifetime of training into, I would have gone up to the roof deck for a good nap. I definitely would not have taken the laptop up there...
...your time in bed to two activities: sleep and sex. If you don't fall asleep within 20 minutes, get up and read quietly in another room so that your brain associates your bed with sleep, not anxiety. Meanwhile, work with your body instead of against it. Don't nap after 3 p.m. Cut back on caffeine, especially in the afternoon or evening. Don't drink alcohol at night; it may allow you to fall asleep more easily but you're likely to suffer a rebound effect in a few hours. Getting up at the same time every morning...