Word: wakefulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...whole film is a dream. Bergman has certainly gone to lengths to make it subtly unreal, frequently splitting sound and image, for example. The invaders film an interview with Eva, then dub in false dialogue for propaganda purposes. Bells, ringing far away, seem to be trying to wake everyone up. But if Shame is a dream, it's still far from the nightmare of Hour of the Wolf, for there we watched a man at war with himself; here it's men at war with each other. And while the end of Hour left us with nothing but cold fear...
...click. If the alarm should not go off, I can rely on my internal alarm. I am introverted but don't really function until afternoon. I once slept for 27 hours because I wanted to and went without sleep for 64 hours for the same reason. I wake up happily enough, though my sleeping habits are outrageous. Now if I could just quickly get to sleep in the first place! Alas, the cars go by, the refrige sighs, and the carpets seem to bang their threads together. Do I get any points for lying perfectly still...
...some 20% of Americans who enjoy accurate internal alarm clocks that wake them automatically" all have to be under seven years...
Other attacks shook the imperial city of Hue, Pleiku in the Central Highlands and the sprawling supply base at Cam Ranh Bay. In the wake of the bombardments, the Communists attempted a few scattered small-scale ground probes. Infiltrating Communist infantry and sappers were loose in Danang, and local allied commanders decreed a 24-hour curfew to aid in flushing them out. In Saigon, a demolition squad slammed B40 rocket rounds into an isolated precinct station and killed four policemen before being driven off with their own loss of four dead. Long Binh, a U.S. headquarters and logistics base just...
Breslin is equally proud of his capacity for bars, beer and booze. "I used to drink until it was lights out and you'd wake up in the morning with large holes in the night before." He could justify that in a column: "You've got to understand the drink. In a world where there is a law against people ever showing emotions, or ever releasing themselves from the greyness of their days, a drink is not a social tool. It is a thing you need in order to live." But a doctor has told Breslin otherwise-that...