Word: slumbers
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...just sits as game time slowly approaches. His teammates gradually begin to rouse from their slumber and the music plays, louder now than before...
...University of Chicago found that some shut-eye improved recall of memories made during the day. A group of college students was asked to memorize a series of word sounds; some students were tested for their recall after being awake for 12 hours, others after 12 hours of slumber. The latter group was able to recall more words, leading the researchers to speculate that memories are constantly being stored and consolidated. Sleep may be a way memories are rescued...
...Crusaders’ offense was roused from its slumber when it mattered, lighting up the Harvard defense for 13 points in the final frame and pulling to within five before ultimately falling just short...
...blue-gray dawn tickles the tops of the ponderosa pines at the Sugar Pine Recreation Area in California's Tahoe National Forest. Campers slumber in lakeside tents; bikers have yet to hit the trails. But all is not quiet on this cool July morning. A platoon of camouflaged figures equipped with rifles, pistols and bulletproof vests creep through manzanita brush with a police dog. Their objective: a marijuana plantation a few hundred yards from a well-traveled tourist area...
Women who can't manage weekly or even monthly get-togethers can still find ways to nurture their friendships. Jane Chittick, 52, gathers with six of her childhood friends once a year for an all-girl slumber-party weekend. The tradition, in its 15th year, started in 1988 at a high school reunion when Chittick invited her friends to stay at her mother's Morton, Ill., house during the event. After a night of talking and laughing, the group decided to meet at a different location every summer. During the rest of the year, the women, who live across...