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Word: sleepless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact, the U.S. believes it has kept bin Laden pretty well bottled up since his Africa attacks. The cruise missiles that leveled his Afghan hideaway have driven him into a sleepless life of hide-and-seek. Though his protectors, the Taliban government in Afghanistan, still refuse to hand him over, he is constrained not to tick them off. The U.S. warned the Taliban again last week to expect harsh reprisals if bin Laden acts. They responded that he cannot even use fax or phone to direct his enterprises, but U.S. officials don't believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Year's Evil? | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...best cure for the sleepless nights caused by last year's 4-6 disappointment is success, and the Crimson's young, more wide-open offense and its experienced, talented defense might be just what the doctor ordered...

Author: By Cathy Tran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Mauls Columbia, 24-7 | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...novel. Set in turn-of-the-century Buffalo, N.Y.--a city that's being electrified, literally, by the new turbines at Niagara Falls--the book is part mystery and part historical melodrama, fluently mixing fact and fiction, with the sort of Victorian plot devices that guarantee a straight-through, sleepless read. The novel is no Ragtime, but it's close--an operatic potboiler, fat with romance, politics and scandal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: City Of Light | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

Like the Boylston Hall renovations just last year, the building of Lamont caused Wigglesworth Hall residents many sleepless mornings...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A World of Books All Their Own | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

Even though it has led to sleepless nights in my past and now plagues my friends, the culture of commitment is ultimately what keeps me interested in school. If I had this much time all the time, I would probably watch "The Cosby Show" a lot more, but I might not meet interesting people or do as many new things. And while I complain about my work, I will be satisfied when I'm done and can say, "I wrote 90 pages this term...

Author: By Aparna Sridhar, | Title: Gleefully Guilty: Reading Period Blues | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

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