Word: wakefulness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...liver cupcake to find out that it is a stunningly bad idea; simply imagining it is punishment enough. The same is true for insulting the boss and misplacing the children. We may not heed the warnings that prospection provides, but at least we aren't surprised when we wake up with a hangover or when our waists and our inseams swap sizes. The dark network allows us to visit the future, but not just any future. When we contemplate futures that don't include us--Will the NASDAQ be up next week? Will Hillary run in 2008?--the dark network...
EVEN GETTING OUT OF BED CAN BE TOUGH ON THE BODY. SEVERAL hours before you wake each morning, a tiny region at the base of your cerebrum called the hypothalamus sends a signal that ultimately alerts your adrenal glands, which sit on top of your kidneys, to start pumping out cortisol, which acts as a wake-up signal. Cortisol levels continue to rise after you become conscious in what is sometimes referred to as the "Oh, s___! It's another day" response. This may help explain why so many heart attacks and strokes occur between...
...major reason for that performance. To tap overseas investors, China's best companies?from mobile-phone operators to insurance firms?have made Hong Kong's stock market their No. 1 choice for going public. Why? The imposition of onerous reporting requirements on companies listing in the U.S. in the wake of the Enron scandal has knocked some of the shine off New York, while Chinese bourses in Shanghai and Shenzhen are often considered to be too immature and restricted (foreigners are allowed to trade freely only in certain shares). Besides, Hong Kong has no shortage of local and international investors...
...Turn the clocks in your room forward three hours and frantically wake up your roommate, shouting that he missed his exam...
...strength of Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, is that her days vary little. Her remarkable discipline will be tested this week as the media gins up the excitement that Obama's actual announcement lacked. Her handlers rescheduled a press conference covering her recent visit to Iraq in the wake of the Obama news - though they insisted that the timing was coincidental. The event is to go on Thursday, though whatever it is she has to announce is unlikely to make news in this environment...