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...only entertainment for kids and adults is endless television. In most houses, small private generators keep the TVs going through the daily blackouts. With school out and summer heat above 110°F every day, young people stay up to watch TV in the cool of the night and then sleep till noon. Many Baghdad kids, notes the doctor, have acquired a pasty yellow pallor. Some are getting fat from lack of exercise. His son, an engineer who refused to work for Saddam and now cannot find a job, is hugely obese from years of idleness. The doctor chafes that...
...staff members pushed aside thoughts of their own wet clothes and lack of sleep to turn their attention to the students...
...though our morning began at a time when many college students have yet to go to sleep during the school year, we all passed the time together walking around the beach, skipping stones on the ocean surface and finally getting that charcoal to light...
Though the experiences I am having on the campaign are incredibly unforgettable and rewarding, the best part about the campaign is the people I work with. Every person on staff cares deeply about changing this country and is willing to work seven days a week and often miss sleep in order to accomplish this goal. They put their personal lives on hold for a purpose that will change history...
...more committed and die hard workers than the people I work with on the campaign. Behind the scenes, they rarely receive recognition for their toil. Sometimes Subway is the closest they come to dinner and four hours is the closest they come to a night’s sleep. But they survive with a sense of humor, large amounts of satay, and common goals. And I cannot forget the cheerful charter flight crew who have sacrifice six months of their lives to participate in this marathon. I will be eternally grateful for the lunch they bought me at a deli...