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Barber: Sleep's not so safe either. Just last month the New England Journal of Medicine reported that when you're dreaming, the sympathetic nervous system, which helps the body react to emergencies, is twice as active as it is when you're awake. Your heart beats faster, your blood pressure goes up, and your blood can get stickier, so it can clot and cause a heart attack. On the other hand, waking up isn't so great either. Heart attacks occur more often in the morning than at any other time...
Many students seemed concerned by widespread reaction to the article. Harvard students reacted to having many Blacks in the Quad by asserting a greater need for randomization, some students said, but did not similarly react when seeing a preponderance of artistic types or academic types in other Houses...
After announcing parts of his budget plan in his State of the Union address, President Clinton campaigned for its approval all over the country with extended marketing pitches--a true Clinton signature if there ever were one. One wondered if Carville and Begala had focus groups react to the plan before it was announced...
...started. The rash of deaths underscores once more the extent to which an increasing number of parents, through economic hardship or simple irresponsibility, are unable or unwilling to get reliable child care. In many cases, including these two, the social service agencies empowered to prevent such disasters do not react until it's too late. In Detroit the police were conducting an investigation into whether the parents should be charged with neglect or involuntary manslaughter. (See related story on page...
...react to this movie depends largely on how much you already know about the featured bands and various other groups whose members make cameo appearances. Most of the jokes are what are popularly referred to as "in jokes." However, if you have any sympathies with the punk rock philosophy, or even if you just sort of dig Sonic Youth, "1991: The Year Punk Broke" is safe, clean fun and an excellent way to boost your "alternative" credentials...