Word: slumber
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...doesn't welcome the sweet oblivion of a good night's sleep? The sad reality, however, is that a decent slumber is increasingly hard to come by. The average adult sleeps an hour and a half less now compared with more than a century ago, thanks to the Internet, e-mail, cell phones and 24-hour entertainment that all take bites out of the sleep cycle. If you need incentive to put some of those hours back into it, consider this: the amount of sleep you get may endanger your life. That's the conclusion reached by a new study...
...briefcase. 7) One time I peed in her office. I blamed it on Derek Bok. Drew believed me, and frankly I don’t blame her. 8) Mass Hall kids have scabies. 9) I have scabies. 10) I miss the old Drew, the one who would have slumber parties with me and put me in frilly costumes. Sometimes I think I don’t even know her anymore. 11) I also hate the new game we play which is called “Guess Who’s the President of Harvard?” It?...
...issues dealing with female sexuality, two people argued in The Crimson that FemSex is not the best way to strive for female empowerment. In an op-ed, Vanessa J. Dube ’10 described FemSex as “only interested in separating women into these silly slumber party seminars,” while Lucy M. Caldwell ’09, a Crimson editorial columnist, said that a woman thinking of taking FemSex would be better off finding a sexually progressive boyfriend or visiting a psychiatrist if she has menstrual-stigmatization issues. Both writers make note of the course...
...despite the lack of attraction between Kam and me, it is hard to not fall into patterns of domesticity. During our first month in the city, we live in a West Village apartment ten minutes from work. Every morning, I cook breakfast for us and rouse him from his slumber. I remind him over the course of the day about grocery errands, bills, and dinner plans. On the way home in the evening, I call him to ask after his whereabouts. We are roommates and coworkers, but also, partners...
...Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh this week sensed a paradigm shift in the making. The way toward Israeli-Palestinian peace has been blocked for years, by Palestinian violence, Israeli unilateralism and American disengagement. But the peacemakers are saying they have been shaken out of their slumber by a recent series of events - for the moment at least...