Inappropriate Yawns

White House National Economic Council Director Larry Summers nods off while Barack Obama speaks with CEOs from Visa, Mastercard, and American Express at the White House on April 23, 2009.

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First Daughter Jenna Bush yawns after President Bush gave his inaugural speech at the Capitol in Washington on January 20, 2005.

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Pope John Paul II nods off during the Mass celebrated in the hippodrome in the western Ukraine on June 26, 2001. At right, the Pope yawns during his own mass on February 8, 1996 in San Salvador.

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O.J. Simpson yawns while sitting in a courtroom during his preliminary hearing in Las Vegas on November 9, 2007. Perhaps he should have been paying closer attention—the former football star was later sentenced to 33 years in prison for armed robbery.

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Former President George Bush nearly snoozes alongside Gerald Ford, Barbara Bush, and Nancy Reagan as the foursome listens to speeches at the Republican National Convention in 2000.

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Friday prayers exhausted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after a demonstration to mark Jerusalem Day in October 2005.

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair yawning before a G-8 summit in Heiligendamm on June 7, 2007.

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We think heiress Paris Hilton is just yawning during the German TV show Wetten dass...? in Germany, but one should never assume with her.

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Cuban leader Fidel Castro is bored during Bill Clinton’s speech to the United Nations attended by 140 world leaders.

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Sasha Obama yawns during her father’s speech on day four of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.

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Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein inappropriately yawns during the Anfal genocide trial in Baghdad on December 18, 2006. The trial centered on the use of chemical weapons against the Kurds in 1988.

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Sen. John Kerry before the start of a presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama at the University of Mississippi in September, 2008.

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Inappropriate Yawns

White House economics guru Larry Summers made headlines this week by falling asleep during a meeting with Barack Obama. He has some formidable company, from Tony Blair to Pope John Paul II. Is fame and power that tiring? VIEW OUR GALLERY of other narcoleptics who could have used some caffeine.