A History of the Bill of Rights. [A] bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse..he Constitution was remarkable, but deeply flawed. For one thing, it did not include a specific declaration-or bill-of individual rights. It specified what the government could do but did not say what it could not do.
The amount of sleep each person needs depends on many factors, including age. Infants generally require about 16 hours a day, while teenagers need about 9 hours on average. For most adults, 7 to 8 hours a night appears to be the best amount of sleep. Women in the first 3 months of pregnancy often need several more hours of sleep than usual.
Sleep problems are common in the elderly. In general, the amount of sleep needed stays constant throughout the adult years. Doctors recommend that adults get 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night. In older adults, sleep is less deep and choppier than sleep in younger people. A healthy 70-year-old may wake up several times during the night without it being due to disease. Some causes or contributors to sleep disturbances in older adults include: 1  Alzheimer disease. 2  Alcohol.  Changes in the body's natural internal clock, causing some people to fall asleep earlier in the evening)