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Lithuanian-born, American-educated Dr. Kahn has the type of mind which seems to work even when he is asleep. Often he will wake in the middle of the night, switch on a light and jot down a clue that has just occurred to him. The most promising clue that has occurred to Dr. Kahn's wakeful brain during 25 years of serum tests is that any human blood, healthy or diseased, will produce its own distinctive pattern of reactions when mixed with particular concentrations of beefheart extract. (Syphilitic serum happens to produce a strong reaction with a concentration...
...hung up. Wisconsin's Senator Alexander Wiley had to have the announcement explained three times before he got it, then said sleepily: "This is a time when we must weigh our words." Only Wisconsin's Senator Joe McCarthy seemed to think in headlines, even though half asleep. He roared out: "This is perhaps the greatest victory the Communists could ever claim...
When a girl forgets to sign in, the night watchman discovers the blank space on his rounds and awakens the house president who looks for the girl, usually found asleep in her room...
...word of warning, since the smoke soon became densely acrid. Shortly, however, the operation of several sprinkler heads rang a gong on the building's exterior near the front sidewalk, but this could not be heard in many of the suites where radios were playing or students were asleep. The fact that several men were unaware of the fire some time after it was first discovered shows the lack of an effective alarm...
Early one February morning in 1943, the U.S. troop transport Dorchester was wallowing through icy seas off Greenland. Most of the 900 troops on board were asleep in their bunks. Suddenly a torpedo smashed into the Dorchester's thin flank. Frantically pounding up the ladders, the troops milled in confusion on the unfamiliar decks...