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...scents of lemons, wisteria and pines perfume the California breezes. Or perhaps ocean spray invigorates the skin and spirit at the tip of Long Island. Or the clear desert air of Arizona reinforces the sense of being cleansed. Whatever the surroundings, the wake-up call likely comes at 6 a.m., and after a breakfast that could be served in a thimble and saucer, the hectic dawn-to- dusk pace rivals anything ever dreamed up by a drill sergeant. "By the end of the day," declares Diane Sepler, 46, a Miami interior designer who is a happy devotee of such regimens...
...institutional wake-up call, rarely pleasant and sometimes unreliable, has become a thing of the past for those equipped with tiny travel clocks. One of the latest: Braun's 3 1/8-in. by 2 1/2-in. voice-deactivated quartz model ($40). A crisp "Shut up!" silences the alarm for a satisfying four- minute snooze. Caffeine addicts no longer have to wait for room service if they are willing to lug along Melitta's 4-lb. automatic drip machine ($40), complete with filters, creamer and sugar bowl. The Take-along Desk Drawer ($40) fits tiny office supplies in a lightweight nylon case...
...that seemed all too symbolic of a refusal by both Congress and the White House to face the danger that $200 billion deficits will lead to an increase in interest rates that could kill off the economic recovery. Dole took the Senate floor to deliver what amounted to a wake-up call for action when Congress reconvenes after Labor Day. "We will have to raise taxes," said Dole bluntly. "But we will have to cut spending first...
...Sleeping Beauty, Christopher (Superman) Reeve is a goody-goody prince, a sort of prissy Cary Grant in a mail doublet. Bernadette Peters casts her spell as the princess who responds a mite too ardently to his wake-up kiss. The two also play their evil doppelgängers, giving a psychological twist to the old notion that fairy-tale characters are either all good or all bad. In this case, they are both. A gruff woodsman (George Dzundza) narrates the tale with the accent of a Borscht Belt comedian. "I gotta great princess for you," he tells the prince...
With the exception of the fire hazard, however, student safety has not been a major problem as Harvard reconstructs. Undergraduate life was made different when construction equipment began to dominate sidewalks and landscapes. But the long-term benefits apparently make the unwelcome wake-up calls and the drastic change in scenery more tolerable. Says Davis: "If the youth of America can not stand the noise of someone pounding a nail 100 feet away, the nation has lost its fiber...