These are values that religious people share but they hold similar appeal to those of us who prefer to sleep late on Sundays.
But for most of the industry, asceticism for asceticism's sake is a thing of the past--good news for those who exercise when they want to, sleep late, lounge around their luxury suites and eat whatever they feel like--as long as it's not soup with sunflower seeds.
Ekirch found that references to the first and second sleep started to disappear during the late 17th Century.
This is a city where visitors who choose to stay in hotels in more bustling neighborhoods often don't get very much sleep, thanks to late-night revelers on motor scooters.
Unemployed, Jed liked to stay out late, sleep until noon, and wander around in his boxers.
Three cheers for Professor John Zimmerman, who's finally doing some research to benefit Joe Public, and who has invented a device that lets parents sleep in late and put the kids to bed early on those long summer days.
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Late one night, unable to sleep, I started thinking about the cupboard again.
Sleep therapists correct the syndrome by forcing the advanced phase patients to stay up late and exposing them to bright light around 0230 AM - helping to "manually" reset the clock.
Rubs his eyes to shake the dust of these musings, not a dream exactly, this late-sleep panic fine glass thin as paper, shattered and swirling, cutting as it blows away.
Reporters jokingly have started betting on whether Bush -- who wakes up early and hits the pillow early, too -- will be able to fight off sleep at the 9 p.m. meeting with Abdullah, who wakes up late and works into the wee hours.
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There is no worse feeling than waking up in the morning, rested from good night's sleep, and glancing at the clock, only to do a double-take: You're late!
More than a day late, many coffees, and very little sleep later, the third time finally proved to be the charm -- more than 24 hours after our scheduled departure.
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