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...days get longer. According to Dr. Alfred Lewy, a chronobiologist from Oregon Health Services who was the first person to research SAD, “it’s like having jet lag for several months.” The disorder occurs when circadian rhythms get out of sync with the decreased amount of daylight during the winter. However, unlike jet lag, SAD doesn’t fix itself over time. SAD can last all winter, with the dark mornings leaving the body physically “asleep” all day without the natural pick-me-up of sunlight...
...teen scene, Christina Aguilera and N’Sync have rather successful holiday albums under their belts. In tandem with a new album and the launch of a new tour next spring, I am hoping to see a Britney Spears holiday special, broadcast from her hometown of Kentwood, La, and hopefully with cameos from her mom and lil’ sis Jamie Lynn. The three could probably pull off shimmery ice queen and princess looks, and showcase Britney’s favorite stocking stuffers such as the pink diamond-encrusted Louis Vuitton cigarette lighter she has been flashing during interviews...
...time it takes to deliver a postcard is also out of sync with the way we holiday now. In the Thomson poll, 25% of respondents said postcards took too long to arrive. That may not have been true 20 years ago, when people went on trips of opulent duration-a three-week meander through Europe, say, or a monthlong U.S. tour. But in these days of city breaks and three-night packages, you usually get home before your postcards...
...thumping of Columbia came on the heels of a Cornell (17-3, 7-3) match in which Harvard seemed out-of-sync and a step behind the Big Red. The result was a sound 3-0 defeat...
...protest movement and public opinion are in sync,” he said, citing the large anti-war protests that occurred before the war in Iraq. “That’s a powerful thing. People don’t just want to protest. They want to go from protest into power...