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Ever dream of a few more hours each night in the land of Nod? Most people have, which makes them experts, sort of, in somnology, the science of sleep. Now Psychologist Wilse Webb of the University of Florida has come up with a finding that many people may have suspected all along: they sleep less than they used to. After 20 years of study, Webb reports that Americans today, on average, sleep 1½ hours less daily than they did 60 years ago. Says he: "We're definitely squeezing sleep...
...amazingly enough, however, the salespeople there usually seem to know off the top of their heads if they have what you want, and they are extraordinarily nice about helping you. The store is very crowded--with books, that is--and very quaint, so a trip there can be sort of fun even if you don't find what you want...
...have only heard the single, "Miss You" sounds a lot like the sort of thing that made Black and Blue such a cloyingly poppy album. Do not be misled by the games Jagger and Richard play. "Miss You" does indeed have a discoid beat, and Jagger does indeed sing like an Ohio Player (and some guy named Sugar Blue plays as classy a harp as you've ever heard), but "Miss You" is not much like the rest of the album at all. This is not to downgrade "Miss You" beyond reason. It is technically an excellent song...
Despite our post-Viet Nam aversion to direct military involvement of any sort, the Zaïre invasion by Marxist rebels seems another oblique push from Mother Russia, and one which will necessitate action if similar activities continue to occur. The question is when will Jimmy Carter draw the line on this conspicuous, albeit indirect, Soviet expansionism...
...case, local districts looked eagerly toward Sacramento as they awaited word on just how hard the tax revolt would hit them. As Brown moved to draft a master plan, some of his aides thought they saw in his eyes the same sort of glint that was there in the days when he beat Jimmy Carter in five straight 1976 primaries. Said one Brown aide: "I haven't seen the adrenaline flowing like this since the early days of his political career...