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...busybody is the bully with the ayatullah shine in his eyes, gauleiter of correctness, who barges around telling the other kids that they cannot smoke, be fat, drink booze, wear furs, eat meat or otherwise nonconform to the new tribal rules now taking shape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nation of Finger Pointers | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

Long sleepers, in contrast, checked out as nonconform ist, shy, somewhat with drawn, and melancholy. Reports Hartmann: "Almost all showed evidence of some in hibition in the spheres of sexual or aggressive functioning." Some betrayed "mild anxiety neuroses" and depression. Moreover, they slept fitfully, waked often and typically got up with a mild case of the morning blahs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Sleep and Emotions | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

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