European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse In defense of dozing by Josephf. Posani Greenwich time i there l was us enjoying one of America s fastest growing activities napping. Did you know thai one hour of napping provides your Bod with More cardiovascular. Benefit s than Iho wrestler gets in a lifetime and that leading or Perls say napping prevents heart disease and High blood pressure while relieving sinus congestion not to men Jon 13 sexual disorders invented by or. . Iman ced by your la s la dollars shows thai one third of All americans Tike to Nap. Probably because it s an activity that Doorn l require a lot of expensive equipment. To Slart out All you it need is a steeping bag or a cat pet. But once you get Gong you May want to invest in by shades and a temperature controlled water bed. Some of the world s greatest minds regularly Nap. Including science Liolion writer Ray Bradbury standup comic a r Khomeini and Borrner president Reagan who. As everyone knows Savoured slumber parties who his Cabinet and was known to nod off whenever major decisions had to lie made Reagan himself said in Best when asked what he d do about the two gravest problems lacing America today Ifie Federal Dehol and tree pollution Well Ash. Why Don t t just sleep on it " the guiding principle a administration � is a Hociy Al rest lends to stay at which As you s also the first Nawoj entropy of maybe in s he second. During his regime Reagan elevated napping to a National pastime much As Iho Dwight Eisenhower did Tor Gott and Jimmy Carter did for Fly fishing and Richard Nixon did Foi protesting. Largely because of the Reagan influence napping is growing in popularity nationwide in the United states. According to another study made possible by your Ian dollars More than Hall the Nalion s College students regularly Nap because of All the free time they have due in part to the number of classes they Cut. Students As you know require frequent naps after partying All night and engaging in activities guaranteed. To turn their parents into insomniacs even though they have to gel up and go la work in the morning while their kids spend the Day throwing Iris decs and quaffing cold brews is despite these trends napping carries a social stigma for example when i try to catch a few winks my wife sends the kids into the living room to play volleyball with encouraging words like. Teil Hal Lazy Good for Nuchin. The grass needs unfortunately these unenlightened views Are shared by Many misinformed. People in our society. For example the att Moon siesta common in latin. America and Las vegas is crowned upon because of our work ethic which encourages executives to spend their time productively playing video games on the office pc. Nevertheless i routinely indulge in a siesta and when the Boss Calls my administrative assistant says he s in a meeting or. A stepped away from his desk or he s on another Jine these Are culturally acceptable activities for which most executives receive annual bonuses the amount of which increases depending on she number of times thay slip away from their desks. Science is Only beginning to realize the True importance of napping As an antidote to corporate stress it is tar More effective than stress management workshops and the health fitness Racquet Seh Ful Lillmon centers where executives go to watch the opposite sex parading around in skimpy outfits while talking about personal problems Wilh their debentures these Are problems even or. Ruth can t solve humor helps by Victor Cohn Washington Post s sometimes to have to laugh Al illness and. Yes even a death otherwise they May really conquer us to quote lord byron1 and if i laugh Many mortal thing tis thai i May not so novelist Joseph Heller author of Caleb 12. 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The colleague looked at Sanes and asked Sam would you do something Tor me will you please find me the name of the Guy who coined the term the Golden years Why Sanes asked. I want him a Good kick in the ass doctors have to Cope too a group of inlets and residents tired of routine rounds with their professors gave a mile coaching to a precocious youngster with a Runny nose when their professor and his entourage arrived at his room he was leaning casually against the door. Tell me about this the professor ordered. The patient himself answered pm a 7-year-old Black male previously in excellent health and 1 am presented with a three Day history of fever rom Rhea and cough or. Oscar London is the writing pseudonym of a Berkeley physician. In his new Book take one As ate Ecter. 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