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...begins to turn that pale shade of gray that heralds the rising sun. The birds begin to chirp. Inside, you feel the giddy lightness that springs from a mix of fatigue, anxiety and satisfaction—fatigue from lack of sleep; anxiety about the work you have not done and will not get to do; satisfaction at having made it through the night. You are happy but horrified to be awake...
...because I wanted to. Whether it was to spend a moment dwelling among my own thoughts, to push the boundaries of a friendship or to try to make a student newspaper the best it could be, being awake at 5 a.m. generally meant I had blown off work or sleep or some other equally important responsibility to pursue something I felt was more important...
...continues to favor jagged countermelodies, bass lines heavier than wet wool and tales of sexual obsession told in a voice that swings from whispered innocence to bunny-boiling, caterwauling madness. It is not dinner-party music--unless you're dining with someone you would like to kill. Or sleep with. Or both...
...pounds. And while some of the factors responsible for these changes are within your control--how much you exercise or whether you take a second helping of ice cream--most are either inherited or the inbred responses of an organism that is designed to protect itself from starvation. Stress, sleep deprivation and long days packed with constant activity have a tendency to accumulate weight. "If we took away cars and television and computers, and stopped eating fast food, but were still exposed to the other stresses of modern life, I don't think we would eliminate obesity," says Kaplan...
Ahmad Chalabi likes to sleep in. He does his work at night, engaging in endless back-room meetings and talk sessions that often drag on past midnight. On most days he rises late and eats breakfast alone--but last Thursday his wake-up call came early. At 10 a.m., five armored humvees pulled up outside Chalabi's two-story house in west Baghdad. While U.S. soldiers cordoned off the street, seven Iraqi police officers broke down the front door and stormed the living room...