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...course of the rat race more arduous, for example, than around the kitchen table. Hallmark, that unerring almanac of American mores, now markets greeting cards for parents to tuck under the Cheerios in the morning ("Have a super day at school," chirps one card) or under the pillow at night ("I wish I were there to tuck you in"). Even parents who like their jobs and love their kids find that the pressure to do justice to both becomes almost unbearable. "As a society," warns Yale University psychology professor Edward Zigler, "we're at the breaking point...
...VanDyke, using his jacket as a pillow, tries to fall asleep on the floor. Usually someone brings a radio, members say, but things were rushed this evening...
...roommate also suggested folding my pillow over my head and sleeping on my side. Not only does this not eliminate enough noise, but the one time I tried it I nearly suffocated to death. I wonder why he suggested...
...been running on a mushy field all week in practice. It's like a giant pillow," Cavuoti said. "When we get on the turf, we'll be like Ricochet Rabbit...
...most frequently uttered five syllables in Washington these days are "bipartisanship." That tender word is part of the vocabulary of the honeymoon between a new Congress and a new Administration, especially when the pillow talk turns to foreign policy. It is meant to conjure up the happy image of Republicans and Democrats hand in hand at the water's edge. Actually, the word is doubly misleading, both in its evocation of the distant past and in its implications for the near future...