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...combination of No-Doz, caffeine, over-the-counter-drugs, and other substances, Adams tried to stay up for days prior to his medical screening to make the army doctor believe he had some type of disorder.“I had destroyed my nervous system on no sleep, controlled substances and looked like a frightful mess,” he says. Noticing something amiss, the army doctor asked Adams to return for repeated visits. Adams had 15 physicals in total. On this extended regiment of no sleep, Adams recalls a particularly harrowing incident.“I walked...
...Johnson. Valenti was the Vice President's press rep on a trip to Dallas in November 1963 and stood next to him on the flight back to Washington when Johnson was sworn in as President. As devoted as one of the big man's beagles, Valenti famously said, "I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my President." In May 1966 he transferred his loyalty from LBJ to the MPAA. He looked to be a fellow to help Hollywood sit on the status...
...stuffed Elmo toys, and even a two-year-old climbing over my lap to get his ninja sword, I resigned myself to my fate. Forget dreams of that hot romance instigated in JetBlue row 24. Hell, forget even catching up on some of that forgotten homework. My only option: sleep and pretend this wasn’t happening...
...Prior to the speech, aides talked wistfully about the 2000 run, joking about the grubby clothes and lack of sleep. No doubt, there's a desire to recapture the energy and good will of that underdog campaign. But, as his speech showed, McCain is not restarting so much as retrenching. He knows what he wants to do, and changing his mind is not on the agenda...
...never get much sleep at a patrol base at night. In Ramadi, where Marines man several combat outposts amid the inner city, darkness often brings fear as Iraqi security forces come and go, leaving some Marines wondering whether they are among friends or enemies. In Ghazaliya, a violent neighborhood in western Baghdad with similar combat outposts, nearby gunfire cracks through the inky blackness outside seemingly every time you drift off. And in Diyala Province, where nine U.S. soldiers died Monday, troops stand watch on rooftops overlooking stretches of palm groves where they know insurgents dwell, waiting for the right moment...