Word: wakeful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...need some cash flow. I got spanked by my last credit card bill, and these experiments are a fun way to earn it back." And what exactly is Zettel expected to do? "For one of them it says I sleep in their sleep lab for a night, and they wake me up a couple of times and ask me some questions. Why am I doing it? They'll pay me $40 to sleep." Zettel will also be paid $50 to let them "take magnetic pictures of my head" and learn to meditate at $10 an hour. He's not afraid...
...them purely on convenience. The failure of financial "supermarkets" at American Express and Sears proved that in the '80s and today the number of small community-oriented banks is growing in towns where mergers have wiped out local institutions, leaving corporate branches and higher fees in their wake. "You have to be a low-cost provider," Weill emphasizes...
...wake of thesis deadlines, many seniors are simply enjoying the opportunity to relax without academic or career pressure. For these students, the months of April and May provide a much needed break before embarking on graduate school or professional endeavors...
...anti-affirmative action hailstorm will continue to roll on, downing more and more centers of higher learning with them. "I sort of feel the nation is asleep [on this issue], and the consequences will be deep, profound, terrible and long-lasting," Rudenstine said. We must all wake up, or we will return in 2023 to find Harvard a very barren place. Though Harvard's diversity system is not the same as the affirmative action system of the University of California, it can still be affected by a national change in policies...
...almost hear the sigh of relief from moderate politicians across Britain and Ireland. The Northern Ireland peace accord -- that Mitchell-Blair-Ahern bid to capture the middle ground -- has succeeded, according to the first poll taken in the wake of its completion. The Irish Times/Guardian survey shows 73 percent support for the deal north of the border, and 61 percent backing in the Republic. Barring any major upsets, the May referendums should show similar numbers...