Word: asleep
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...proper conclusion, Our Lord would have come from a large family indeed, if we follow their interpretation that "brethren" signifies actual brothers and sisters: "Then was he seen by more than five hundred brethren at once: of whom many remain until this present, and some are fallen asleep." (1 Corinthians...
Occupational Fatigue. In Evansville, Ind., police arrested Lawrence Lee Edwards on charges of burglary after they arrived at a business office, found one end of a screwdriver wedged in a battered cashbox, the other end held by Edwards, who was sound asleep...
...history-making trek to the North Pole in 1909; of old age; near Thule, Greenland. A sturdy, 34-year-old hunter when he served with Peary, Ootah (also known as Odaq) was called "Peary's Iron Man," remarked of the journey back from the Pole: "The Devil is asleep or having trouble with his wife, or we should never have come back so easily...
Returning from Princeton Sunday, the automobile in which Captain Alex Haegler, Dan Mayers, Karl Purnell, and Ian Gianetti were riding was hit by a car coming the other way, whose driver had fallen asleep. Gianetti, whose back was wrenched, will not be able to play, but the others who all suffered small bruises, are expected to be ready. Jeff Ball will replace Gianetti at ten, while the rest of the line-up will be the same as that which faced Princeton Saturday...
...they are unsociable. "Jock is probably the most disobedient dog I've ever known," said his diminutive (120 lbs.) owner, California Physician John A. Saylor. "He never plays. Bulldogs sit and brood-when they're not sleeping, that is. Jock spends nine-tenths of his waking hours asleep." With fine disdain Jock stood in the ring while a silver-blonde Afghan, a sealyham terrier, an English springer spaniel, a Yorkshire terrier and a boxer competed with him for best in show. "He just doesn't give a damn until he wants to give a damn," sighed Owner...