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1. Siesta

   A siesta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsjesta]) is a short nap taken in the early afternoon, often after the midday meal. Such a period of sleep is a common tradition in some...

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2. Siestas

   Laura de Noves Laura is unreachable – the few physical descriptions are vague, almost impalpable as the love he pines for, and such is perhaps the power of his verse...

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3. My Home By Dr. Jose Rizal

   Once while my mother was away, I tries to sneak out of the house during the siesta hour. I had not gone far when I felt something hit me hard on the back. Looking...

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4. Salman Rushdie-Midnights Children

   ABC Amber Text Converter Trial version, http://www.thebeatlesforever.com/processtext/abctx MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN Salmon Rusdie is the author of seven novels...

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5. The American Dream

   village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine...

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6. The Beat Movement As Spiritual Protest

   in Ginsberg, Composed on the Tongue (Bolinas, CA: Grey Fox, 1971) 63-93. 20"Siesta in Xbalba," in Allen Ginsberg, Collected Poems, 1947-1980 (New York: Harper & Row...

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7. Water Conservation

   the soil and as tension values decline, stomates begin to reopen. Trees take siestas in the middle of the day to minimize water loss and improve resource efficiency...

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