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Fortunately, I don’t have mono. According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), most adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep and one acquires a “sleep debt” without this optimum amount of sleep. Sleep debt continually builds up every time you do not sleep enough, and can only be reversed by sleeping more than your optimum. Drowsiness is a sign that your body has accumulated sleep debt. Health experts have proven that teenagers and young adults need even more sleep than adults. According to the 2003 Gallup Youth Survey, 78 percent...
...years of cattle grazing, the banks eroded after willows were removed to make way for more hay. At the request of the landowner, Rosgen dragged in boulders and chunks of dead trees, placing them strategically to regulate stream flow. He engineered the streambed to just the right grade for optimum flow velocity, and lined it with clean gravel quarried from the property. He transplanted thousands of willow saplings to the area, reversing decades of brush-clearing efforts. The once steep banks are now grassy and gently sloping, almost parklike. Eagles soar overhead, scouting the rich fishery below...
...Show your doughnut holes, girls!” (Cheerleading terminology defines “doughnut holes” as “those little circles your fingers make when you form a fist”. You have to turn them towards the front for optimum form.) We also learn “sidelines”, in which we gyrate and jump cutely while bellowing “Go Crimson, Go Crimson, Go!” I suppose it’s better than stunting, but I can’t do jumps and my arms hurt...
Doing so hasn't always been easy. As a relative small fry in the U.S. market, Gigante doesn't have the advantages that size confers on some competitors. The company employs three full-time product buyers who scour farmers' markets and Mexican grocery stores for the optimum mix of U.S. and Mexican brands. Yet like most small grocery chains, Gigante initially stocked the shelves of its U.S. stores with goods supplied by a wholesaling company that dealt with food manufacturers. Since then, growth has allowed for bigger orders at lower prices negotiated directly with manufacturers. (One hiccup along...
...nearly three dozen ships started to ferry men and equipment of the 4th Infantry Division from the U.S. to Turkey. Under the war plans, the division is supposed to attack Iraq from the north. Diverting the Turkey-bound ships to the Persian Gulf--probably to Kuwait--would delay the optimum start date of a war by a month. Both Turkish and Administration officials said at the end of last week that a broad basis for a deal had been reached...