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Rose Without Thorns. "The average family consists of Pop and Mom, Grandma, son and daughter of college age, and Junior, who looks best asleep. Junior is a great one for saying his prayers. He also says Go jump in a pond; G'wan, kiss the guy; Mom, why doesn't Pop come home to us anymore...
...husband must have lit a cigarette and fallen asleep sitting up for the dog," Mrs. Gardner stated yesterday, disclosing that their pet collie had been let out early in the evening and that Gardner had stayed up alone waiting for the animal...
...newcomers, Benjamin Franklin Stapleton, 73, seems one of the most ineffectual old men in the rambling, shady-city of Denver. He dreads change. He falls asleep at public meetings, mumbles in monosyllables and exudes a little less social warmth than Marley's ghost. He does not smoke or drink and has never been known to swear. Beyond these traits the other fact for newcomers to learn is that Ben Stapleton is Denver's mayor...
...blood stream in large doses, act as stimulants. When Dr. Stern injected a few drops of a calcium salt solution into a dog's brain, the effect was exactly opposite to the one expected: instead of being stimulated, the dog tottered, collapsed, in a few minutes fell fast asleep. When she injected potassium phosphate, the dog had a case of frenzied jitters for 30 minutes...
Pound Foolish. In Manhattan, Arthur Crayton tried to pick the pocket of a fat man asleep in a subway station, got his hand caught firmly when the sleeper shifted, was finally extricated by two cops...