Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to All:   
      
    AK>  From the same book:   
      
    AK>  -----Beginning of the citation-----   
    AK>  The second day at the Chateau Marmont was hotter than the   
    AK>  first. In fact, the temperatures were breaking records.   
      
      
              Heh.  The same thing happened twenty years ago, when Dallas & I took   
    our daughter to Disneyland.  We thought the temperatures would be more   
   bearable during our "spring break" in March than in July or August.  No such   
   luck.  :-))   
      
      
      
    AK>  The atmosphere of Los Angeles was also heating up, because   
    AK>  the Academy Awards were the following night. Already, in the   
    AK>  hotels and smart houses, famous directors, producers, actors,   
    AK>  actresses, screenwriters, musicians, lawyers, and agents were   
    AK>  getting their beauty sleep and preparing themselves for the   
    AK>  big event. The clothes designers, hairdressers, beauticians,   
    AK>  jewelers, limousine companies, flower shops, image therapists,   
    AK>  and speechwriters of the city were working overtime.   
    AK>  ----- The end of the citation -----   
      
    AK>  What is a beauty sleep?   
      
      
              My mother often spoke of getting one's beauty sleep, especially when   
    as a teenager I wanted to stay up later than she did.  IIRC she invariably   
   used a possessive pronoun with it, however... not an article.   
      
              I suppose the rationale is that frown lines & other apparent defects   
    may be less noticeable in people who are well-rested... [chuckle].   
      
      
      
    AK>  If the celebrities were sleeping how did they attend   
    AK>  "the clothes designers, hairdressers, beauticians,   
    AK>  jewelers... "?   
      
      
              Good question.  I can see how dressmakers, speech writers, and image   
    consultants might make a few changes on the day before a major event... but   
   I'm not sure about all the others.  It seems to me that a clothing designer's   
   work, e.g., would have to be completed weeks in advance to allow time for other   
    folks to do the hands-on part whereas a dressmaker might be called upon to   
   make minor adjustments for customers who have lost or gained weight fairly   
   recently.  OTOH a hairdresser or beautician might not be able to accommodate   
   everyone who wants to book an appointment on the morning or afternoon of the   
   big day itself.   
      
              I know fiction requires the willing suspension of disbelief... and I   
    don't move in the circles the author describes.  Maybe thinking too much   
   spoils the story, or maybe it's not the sort of literature which can stand up   
   to close scrutiny.  While I notice the elegance of the parallisms in this   
   excerpt I must admit I'm wondering if the author gets a bit too carried away at   
    times....  :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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