Word: asleep
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Began to fall asleep during surgery, so that a resident had to be summoned from home to finish the operation...
...three occupants of the room, James Lawrence, III '58 and Daniel E. Singer '58, were asleep in the ad-joining room when the arrest was made. They awakened to discover four policemen in their living room talking to a man the police identified as a burglar. The stranger at this point claimed he had been invited up by a third roommate, who was absent. When located, George D. Krumbhaar, Jr. '58, the absent roommate, disclaimed any knowledge of the visitor...
False Alarm. In Wethersfield, Conn., William H. Coney was fined $6 for having a noisy muffler, despite his protest that it kept him from falling asleep while driving...
...Tide. In Naugatuck, Conn., the police, unsnarling a long line of honking motorists, found Samuel Perry, 32, at the head of it, halted at a stop sign, fast asleep...
...parents, they are equally enthusiastic. Says Alma: "The only complaints we've had were good-natured ones from the parents of a couple of four-year-olds who've been reading under the covers by flashlight when they were supposed to be asleep...