Ms. McCarthy, 40, has had roles in a few short-lived situation comedies but is probably best known on television for the game show "Singled Out" on MTV, where she was a host in the 1990s.
With regard to duration, transient insomnia, which usually lasts no more than a week, is typically associated with a short-lived situation or stress: jet lag, a new job, a temporary illness or pain, a deadline or exam, overexcitement, a change in sleep schedule or sleeping in a strange place.
On television, she had a guest appearance on the teen drama The O.C. and a recurring role on the short-lived situation comedy Kitchen Confidential.
On television, she starred in the short-lived, 1954 situation comedy "Honestly Celeste" and played a supporting role in the 1970-71 situation comedy "Nancy".
By the time he was 13, John was living in Los Angeles and appearing in "Hello, Larry," a short-lived television situation comedy with McLean Stevenson, and a few years later, he was being featured in "Square Pegs," a one-season high school sitcom that starred, among others, Sarah Jessica Parker.
Winters won an Emmy for his often improvised portrayal of an eccentric, retired Marine in the short-lived 1991-92 situation comedy "Davis Rules" and a Grammy for his 1995 comedy album "Crank Calls".
With former wife Ida Lupino, Duff became a favorite on the Hollywood scene, appearing opposite her in a short-lived TV situation comedy series in 1956-57 entitled "Mr. Adams and Eve". It was a classic case of life imitating art as he portrayed half of a husband and wife film-star team battling with studios, agents and themselves.
"There are some proposals that deal with a very short-lived selective default situation that will not have major negative consequences," he told CNBC television.
After O'Connor's 2006 retirement, Ginsburg declared she was "lonely". Fortunately, the situation was short-lived.
"Even though it's usually a short-lived event, there are certain situations, I've seen it, where even a kid with one concussion can be out of school for weeks or months, and struggle.
We used a broad definition of "adverse events" during colonoscopy under deep sedation, recording all action taken by the anaesthetist to restore adequate oxygenation or hemodynamics, even for short-lived monitoring problems, because such situations might influence the procedure or have to do with longer probe insertion times necessitating further propofol infusions.
