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...annoyed. "I need some food, guys," he huffed at staff, in a moment captured by ABC news. "I can't thrive on nothing." But then, everyone associated with the Democratic primaries seemed slightly annoyed last week. And flu-ridden and exhausted and discombobulated by a hypercompressed schedule that forced sleepless, instantaneous decisions about the most basic political issues--scheduling, spending and, for some, quitting. A strange existential distortion had taken hold of the process. It seemed near an end without ever having crystallized. The candidates had debated ceaselessly without having a single legitimate debate, one that would have directly tested...
...Padgett spent a mostly sleepless night reconsidering his decision. He knew that Judy Shepard, Matt's mother, went around the country saying nothing will change until "everybody comes out and stays out," as she puts it. And here he was, someone who had known her son--and had seen her tears--and he was hiding. "Let's do it," he told me, adding later, "Now that we've had five years to grieve, it's time to make some positive changes." What about the butcher knife? "I felt silly about that anyway, even at the time," says Marsden. Nonetheless...
Meanwhile, our apartment complex devolved into an embittered nudist colony. After three sleepless nights in a row, we kept the windows thrown open and sprawled naked on our bed on the ground floor. We awoke every so often to the muffled sounds of humanity: children crying, couples fighting and, at one low moment, a giant fart echoing across the courtyard...
...This means that insomnia (or what Antarctic veterans call "big eye") affects many people during the first few days of their voyage. Add to this the jet lag you've accumulated while flying to your point of departure, and you can expect to spend plenty of sleepless hours staring at the ceiling of your cabin. Bring an eye mask, and if that fails to do the trick you could always try a few swift glasses of Scotch...
...conditions, enthusiasm for the products has been low. It's a good idea to take advantage of tax breaks, but customers must also be comfortable with the underlying investment. Says Modray: "The tax wrapper should not be the primary reason for investing. If it's going to give you sleepless nights, it's probably not worth it." In other words, find what works for you, but find it soon...