Word: slumbers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Newborns sleep 16 to 18 hours a day; by age 65, three to six hours a night, perhaps with a nap during the day, is typically all that is necessary. The quality of sleep changes, becoming lighter and more fitful. Shorter, restless nights lead many who recall the easy slumber of youth to complain of insomnia. As a result, half of elderly women and one-quarter of elderly men take largely unneeded sleeping pills...
...like some musical Rip Van Winkle, a 19th century man awoke today in a concert hall or an opera house after decades of slumber, he would find that things had hardly changed. Stirring to life in his seat, he would pick up the comforting strains of a Beethoven symphony. Blinking his eyes in the theater's darkness, he would notice the familiar sets of a Verdi opera. Only after he stumbled to his feet at the end of the program and sought out his horse and carriage would he learn that, for the rest of the world, time had indeed...
...trendy twelve-year-old companion and raconteur. Telling a story about a haunted house, Jill might ask, "Should we go in the front door, the back door or crawl in a window?" The child's choice determines the direction of the story. Extra voice tapes include Jill's Slumber Party and Jill Goes to the Mall, complete with credit card...
Back-up goalie Michael Francis, filling in for injured regular John Devin, recorded 24 saves en route to lifting the Crimson to a 5-0 victory over Brown before 1800 fans at the Slumber Dome, also know as Meehan Auditorium. Over the last half-decade, Harvard has had fits in the Bruins' home rink, frequently falling into a trance before snaping awake in the midst of a close game...
...various lovers in the play act like lovesick teenagers, comically defusing potentially tense moments. Portia (Alissa Reiner) and Nerissa (Beth Turner) giggle like schoolgirls at a slumber party while they make fun of Portia's suitors in words and gestures. Chris Duffy's Bassanio is always wide-eyed and bewildered, looking like a teen on a first date. While he declares his love to Portia, Nerissa and Gratiano (John C. Buten) make puppydog eyes at each other and blow kisses from opposite sides of the stage...