Word: withing
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Millions of Americans make this complaint, but how many do anything about it? Sleep is a biological imperative, but do people consider it as vital as food or drink? Not in today's rock-around-the-clock world. Not in a society in which mothers work, stores don't close...
To some night owls, the very idea of spending more than 20 years of one's life in idle snoozing is appalling. Listen to Harvey Bass. Between a job as a computer-systems manager in New York City and free-lance consulting, he gets no more than five hours of...
Single parent Dianna Bennett, 43, works as a nurse at a correctional facility in Gardner, Mass. To be able to spend time with her three children during the day, she works the night shift, a schedule that usually allows her no more than four hours of sleep. "My kids tell...
Putting in long hours and getting little rest are bad enough. But people who work unusual shifts face a double whammy. About 20% of U.S. employees toil during the evening or night hours, or rotate through day, evening and night duty. Such workers are both sleep starved and out of...
Even one night of shortened sleep can produce adverse effects. People will briefly rise to an occasion, such as playing tennis or giving a speech, but mental concentration, flexibility and creativity suffer. Two nights of skimpy sleep, and rote functioning is affected. In laboratory tests, sleep-deprived subjects have trouble...