Word: slumberous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been described as a monster, in the murder of Polly Klaas. In true form, Davis smirked when the verdict was read. The jury ignored defense pleas that they act mercifully and consider Davis' troubled childhood. Davis, 42, admitted that he abducted Klaas from her bedroom during a slumber party in Petaluma, California, and later strangled her. He claimed he was doped up when he kidnapped her. "I guess I just wasn't meant to be on the streets," Davis said when he confessed to the murder. Marc Klaas, Polly's father, anticipated that Davis would be killed in prison. "This...
...level, a moment of silence is healthy for a society in which noise and near chaos are the status quo. Consider how few truly quiet times there are in an average day. We use noise to wake us in the morning, and it seems to follow us until sweet slumber shields us from the sounds of the outside world. Shutting up for a minute or two would be an auditory oasis: a treat for the mind, body and soul alike. Imagine how much more pleasant it would be if we could drive the Mass. Pike in total silence. Stopping...
...asleep in Lamont yesterday, on the fifth floor in one of those cubicles formed by the walls of books. There I was, lounging in a teal plastic-leather chair with my feet propped on an even less comfortable wooden one. My head was resting on the arm, poised for slumber, but all I could do was stare at the Cambridge History of Iran on the shelf in front of me. Lamont just isn't equipped for napping...
...Yorker's Washington luncheon to celebrate its women's issue was more like a midday slumber party--a quite nice one, actually--than a power gathering. We might not have gone so squishy if Hillary Clinton had shown up. As it was, the highest-ranking woman may have been Sally Quinn, Clinton's oft-quoted critic in the New Yorker article on the First Lady. Emcee Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who encouraged women to rise and bear witness to their troubles, broke the spell of sisterhood when she pointedly called on Quinn to explain why women participate in the trashing...
They joined the Quad in slumber at four...