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Consider the following: one student pulling an all-nighter with a dozen Budweisers at his side to finish (i.e. start) a paper and then spending all of the next day sleeping until crew practice; a group of guys scanning the freshman facebook for the hottest girls they can find; a shy and awkward Harvard undergrad from California becoming one of the world’s most-renowned pianists immediately after graduation; friends driving together to the Harvard-Yale game, sleeping on cold floors for the night, and tailgating starting...

Author: By Jillian N. London | Title: The Ghost of Harvard Past | 12/14/2005 | See Source »

...Rice's all-nighter demonstrated the extent of hands-on diplomatic effort required to get the two parties to achieve what she conceded was just one step toward the goal of establishing a Palestinian state that can live in harmony with its Israeli neighbor. Once the drama of its 13th-hour surprise ending fades, the episode may be a sobering reminder of how long and arduous the journey remains-and of how much more may be required of the Bush administration and its successors if progress is to be sustained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Rice Won a Mideast Deal | 11/15/2005 | See Source »

Hottest thing to do on a Saturday night then: Last weekend I had pizza with my boy Jimmy and he stole the towel out of my shower.Hottest thing to do on a Saturday night now: All-nighter in Cabot library with my favorite study “buddy” if you know what I’m saying. Or a LOTR vs. Star Wars movie marathon—in costume, of course...

Author: By Emily T. Sabo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: This Used to be Their Playground | 3/17/2005 | See Source »

...tower in Weld is one of the most creepy places around campus to pull an all-nighter,” Roberts adds...

Author: By Daniel J. T. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Demand Longer Library Hours | 1/5/2005 | See Source »

...need to pull an all-nighter, work 24-hour shifts or hold down a couple of jobs to know that at some point you just have to crash. All through the animal kingdom, sleep ranks right up there with food, water and sexual intercourse for the survival of the species. Everybody does it, from fruit flies to Homo sapiens. Yet despite its clear necessity and lots of investigation, scientists still don't know precisely what sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Sleep | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

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