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...simulate staying up all night and sleeping extra hours the next day to catch up, the researchers put nine volunteers on a specialized sleep-wake schedule consisting of 33 hours of wakefulness and 10 hours of sleep. Using a series of tests, the researchers measured the subjects' reflexes, motor skills, memory, decision making, and other brain functions...
Sterritt’s arrival comes in the wake of the departures of several key College administrators. In addition to Herschbach, Former Associate Dean of Student Life and Activities Judith H. Kidd accepted the staff retirement package offered by the University last spring. Former Associate Dean of Advising Programs Monique Rinere departed at the end of the last academic year to take a post at Columbia...
Many South Floridians, meanwhile, are hoping the Rothstein tragedy will wake the state up before it becomes a tropical Illinois. Sensing the growing outrage, Crist last month won approval to empower a special statewide grand jury focused on public corruption. Fort Lauderdale has been especially hard-hit recently by major scandals involving figures from sheriffs to school-board members. "I love Fort Lauderdale," Scherer says. "It's the biggest small town in America. But it's still got to learn that all that glitters is not gold." And that wannabes who glitter are often big trouble...
...means introducing "easy-drinking" products with labels clearly stating the type of wine instead of the appellation, as well as a bit of gimmicky marketing. "I think France was sleeping on the laurels of its past success a bit," he says. "And now it's time for us to wake...
...wake of the attacks, Nelson has done his best to deflect attention from the special arrangement. He insists the deal wasn't his idea, and, in a Jan. 15 letter to Senate majority leader Harry Reid, Nelson asked that special treatment for Nebraska be excluded from the final legislation. In the same letter, however, Nelson repeated something he has been saying since word of his special deal got around - that newly eligible Medicaid enrollees in all states should be fully and permanently paid for by the Federal Government. At first, this seemed like a crude and overly expensive solution...