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Meanwhile, after a sleepless night, Lachelier also spent the day at the polls...
...precise wording of the French letter isn't the issue. The extraordinary thing about Moussaoui's case--like the Phoenix memo--is that it was never brought to the attention of top officials in Washington who were, almost literally, sleepless with worry about an imminent terrorist attack. Nobody in the FBI or CIA ever informed anybody in the White House of Moussaoui's detention. That was unforgivable. "Do you think," says a White House antiterrorism official, "that if Dick Clarke had known the FBI had in custody a foreigner who was learning to fly a plane in midair, he wouldn...
...investigation with philosophical inquiry and introduced the world to the unfamiliar experience of reading about medieval theology while actually remaining awake. Eco helped invent the modern Euro-thriller: a sinfully addictive page turner that nevertheless leaves you feeling virtuous and cultured, without the hangover of shame that follows a sleepless night with Crichton or Clancy. This summer the Euro-thrillers are back, and they're not just good--they're good...
Then there are the things I’d rather not remember, but at the same time am glad I do. Anxiety-ridden, sleepless nights before exams. An e-mail where I bemoan, all too familiarly, that “I still worry too much.” Mistakes that still make me wince, but which now seem laughable. And, through these pages, there emerge the people I was absolutely infatuated with, in my innocent, lost sort of way. I can see how I’ve evolved, through missteps, painful moments and successes...
...remote tropical islands of Polynesia. It's famous for the calm, dreamy state of mind it induces, and the locals have used it for centuries to celebrate weddings and greet visiting royalty. Kava enthusiasts claim that it can ease anything from anxiety and insomnia to menopause. In sleepless, stress-rattled America, consumers spend more than $50 million on kava--kava drinks, kava drops, kava capsules, kava candy and kava...