Word: nods
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Sleep The Glo to Sleep mask is supposed to calm the storm in your head so you can reach the Land of Nod. You activate the mask's glow-in-the-dark pellets by holding it near a light for 30 seconds, and then kick back and "look up" at the floating, glowing disc shapes (you decide, cosmic snowmen or early Atari video game?). The design is based on meditation practices and scientific research that suggests that looking up and focusing on an object lowers brain-wave frequencies. It did work, as long as I kept looking at the glowing...
...around, enjoying themselves, caring about what they care about—whether it’s protecting the environment, picking apples, or helping alleviate homelessness.”But while Cambridge’s Oktoberfest had its differences from Bavaria’s, the organizers gave at least a nod to the event’s German origin. Two sections were cordoned off as “Beer Gardens”—each occupied by employees from Charlie’s Beer Garden and Grafton Street—where people could enjoy two staples of the archetypal Oktoberfest...
...Another nod to antique and modern movie tradition is The Girl: the lovely flower in an arid ethical landscape who wins the hero's heart and puts him in jeopardy. Here Ferris falls for a Jordanian nurse, Aisha (Golshifteh Farahani). In a movie like this, a love interest has two functions: eye candy for contrast and sympathy, hostage bait for the plot. (Yes, Mr. Ferris, you may kill many and risk your own life for your mission. But what if I told you we were going to, heh heh, rough up your girlfriend...
...carry average, was pretty good at what he did before he got wiped off the depth chart. In danger of becoming known solely as that guy on the team with the same name as the 15th Century Chinese explorer from your AP World History class, Ho got the nod last Saturday against Lafayette...
...After two grueling years, only two major events remain in the 2008 presidential campaign: a town-hall forum Tuesday in Tennessee and a debate on Oct. 15 in New York. In a nod to the dwindling window of opportunity, McCain again sharpened his attacks on Obama during a stump speech Monday in New Mexico, charging that Obama harbors a "back story" on every issue that needs to be explored...