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...Sonata No. 2 reached the last groove and began to swish round and round unattended, anxious listeners (to highbrow radio station WFMT) called the studio, got no answer, notified the police, who rushed to the studio, found Disk Jockey Omar Shapli, 27, bent over a desk, sound asleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 10, 1958 | 3/10/1958 | See Source »

...with the West. They fueled trucks with rocket alcohol and headed south. Von Braun had printed official-looking stickers with the mysterious letters VZBV-standing for some fictional sort of "Special Project Disposition"-which cleared all roadblocks for them. During the trip Von Braun's driver fell asleep at the wheel, the car crashed, Von Braun's left arm was broken and his face gashed (he still has a scar above his lip). Von Braun and Dornberger stayed three weeks in a Bavarian mountain lodge, finally sent Von Braun's younger brother, Magnus, bicycling downhill to invite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPACE: Reach for the Stars | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

Evil is represented by a Marseille tough (Henri Vidal) who is dashingly good-looking but sort of dumb. He takes it on the lam to Paris in a stolen car, falls asleep at the wheel, cracks up, and hides out in a shack on the outskirts of Paris. There he is discovered by the neighborhood bum (Pierre Brasseur), a charming, aging lunk who drinks all night, sleeps till noon, lives off his ancient, hardworking mother, and sulks because nobody loves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 3, 1958 | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

...Began to fall asleep during surgery, so that a resident had to be summoned from home to finish the operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Surgeon in Court | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burglar Caught in Lowell House Rifling Room as Occupants Sleep | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

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