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...Auguste Escoffier as hard as his law books and became as fine a cook as an attorney. When they got back to Harvard, they shared child care as well, taking turns relieving the baby sitter every afternoon at 4. That began their lifelong practice of working well into the wee hours of the morning...
SOME PEOPLE GET A MISERABLE NIGHT'S SLEEP AND don't even know it. But for a debilitating grogginess the day after, they haven't a clue that they passed the wee hours dozing, then waking, then dozing again. The disorder is called sleep apnea, and according to University of Wisconsin researchers, millions of Americans have...
...that students who were more physically mature chose to go to bed later than those just entering puberty. The same students also slept later on weekends than their prepubescent peers. The conclusion: puberty's biological changes may trigger an adjustment in kids' internal clocks, keeping them alert till the wee hours. Next hypothesis: it's hormones that make teens gab endlessly on the phone...
...scouts turned out in force to watch Mitchell pitch. Mitchell's fastball was clocked at 87 miles per hour, according to one bystandar...Also overheard from the scouts, about the ambidextrous Irving: "Too bad he's not a closer. With two arms, he could pitch every day of the wee. Cheaper...
Acting Nairobi bureau chief Andrew Purvis, who inherited Wilde's mongrel dogs, Whiskey and Pee Wee, along with his old job, has been in Mogadishu long enough to watch the city go from outright anarchy to "a place that almost feels safe." Bringing peace to Somalia's interior, however, may take some doing. In Baidoa, Purvis saw a young Somali no more than eight years old waltz up to a relief worker who was carrying a bag of cheese-flavored chips. "The kid had an AK-47 draped over his shoulder, its muzzle almost dragging in the dust," says Purvis...