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...used a bus to get through the crowds of protesters; news photographers snapped one politician, Philip Wong, flashing his middle finger at the people outside. He candidly explained the following day that he had drunk too much during Legco debates the previous night. Then, with remarkable insouciance, he fell asleep during that day's session...
Among the things Mrs. Dogood dared to make fun of was the college Franklin had planned to attend until his father decided it wasn't worth the cost. She recounts falling asleep under an apple tree while considering whether to send her son to Harvard. As she journeys in her dream toward this temple of learning, she notices that the gate is guarded by "two sturdy porters named Riches and Poverty," and only those who met the approval of the former could get in. Most of the students are content to dally with the figures called Idleness and Ignorance. "They...
...bilateral talks on the sidelines of this summer's G-8 summit. For the third time in his six-year term, he's expending political capital to try to make peace with neighboring Pakistan. At home, Vajpayee's star has never been higher. The opposition Congress Party is asleep on its benches. Last month Vajpayee quashed a leadership challenge from within his own Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by supporters of hard-line Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani. Even more bold, Vajpayee has drafted a moderate Hindu leader to come up with a compromise to one of the longest-running...
...says Ducey fell asleep a couple of times during their sessions and she became discouraged with his attitude...
When he was introduced after a long history of the American merchant marine during which he was “falling asleep [and] the audience [was] orgasmic,” he made a snap decision—“if you don’t know something, leave it alone...