Word: asleep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...looked to them like a hot prospect. "It seemed like a natural," says Parker. "A movie parents could take their children to and not fall asleep." Recalls Marshall: "We'd talk to some money people, tell them we had a great idea-a gangster movie. 'Terrific.' they'd say. Even better, they liked the idea of a musical. Then we'd tell them, 'Yeah, the best part is it's going to be all kids,' and they'd cough a little and say, 'Right, lookit...
...crowded hospital in Cotabato, Cara Gausman, 22, is now recovering from a deep gash in her head. "I was asleep," she said. "Then everything hit my head-the water, the walls. About five minutes, maybe two minutes, I don't know, in the water, grabbing for wood, grabbing for anything. It was dark and under water. Afterward there were no more houses. Everything's gone. My brother's gone." Other survivors told of escaping the waves by running to the hillsides or clinging to coconut trees. One woman told of seeing her father swept...
...dark hours before dawn, while his pregnant wife Crystal lies asleep, Warren Zevon struggles to compose a symphony in his backyard studio in North Hollywood. It is an ambitious undertaking for a man who by day is a successful rock songwriter. "When I was 13, I got an autograph from Igor Stravinsky," Zevon recalls. That inspired him to start teaching himself harmony and counterpoint and even to bring a few fledgling compositions to the master's home for his inspection. "When puberty hit, I turned to rock," Zevon goes on. "I could see that when the average attention span...
...sets with a minimum of props. John McLain's lighting could stand improvement, notably in the fourth act, which takes place in the Salem jail. The cell is supposed to be dark, with only a few moonbeams getting through; but the stage is bathed in bright light. Somebody was asleep at the switch...
...spent 10-12 hours a day inside a C-level stall while working on his thesis which deals with the founding of The Nation, an intellectual journal of the post-Civil War period. "The walls are bedrock. I sat there shivering and turning pages. The only problem was falling asleep." He laughed, "I haven't been able to work so well since I had that one bare bulb over my desk in Greenough freshman year...