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...police. A week ago the desk sergeant down at Central Square gave me the following bit of information: He could not understand why that parking area should be a fire hazard at night and not in the day. After all, less fires start from cigarettes when the students are asleep. During the daytime students are in class, taking their car keys with them, whereas at night it is reasonable to suspect that someone might be home who could move a car in case of a fire. Furthermore, the sergeant had always assumed that the Houses were reasonably fire resistant...
Suddenly Vishinsky noticed that Syria's white-thatched Paris el Khouri had fallen asleep. Said Vishinsky with heavy sarcasm: "I wish the distinguished Syrian delegate the best of health. I beg his pardon for disturbing him. I want him to hear me. I hope he does hear me. I do not know what measures will have to be taken in order to make sure that he will hear me . . ." El Khouri finally woke up. What Vishinsky had wanted him to hear was hardly worth...
...temperature went down to 12°.] But I was weak and I couldn't get loose. Once I got almost turned around to get the bag. But I was too weak. I almost got out one time-I don't know how long after. Then I fell asleep again...
Modern Tempo. In Portland, Ore., Frank A. Staeger, questioned for holding up traffic, explained to police that he had fallen asleep while waiting for the light to change...
...impression on Thakin Nu than the stern tenets of Marxism. Nu tells a little story to explain his attitude. "The rebels," he says, "remind me of an actor playing the tiger in the famous Burmese drama Mai U. While waiting for his cue to chase the villain he fell asleep, only to wake up suddenly in the middle of the next play, where Prince Siddhartha (Gautama Buddha) was setting out on his charger to follow the life of an ascetic. Thinking he was still in the previous play, the sleepy actor chased savagely after the noble horse...