Word: bedfuls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wants a world court " with teeth in it," and those who believe we should join the League as well as the Court. Those who make this objection, according to Mr. Hoover, " are the ones who would have complained on the Wednesday night of Genesis, and would have gone to bed with a grouch because the Creator had not yet made a finished job of the sun and the moon, and would have called a mass meeting on Thursday morning to demand more forward action...
...made of the "cure" of an apparently hopeless case of diabetes. A New York mathematics teacher and former athlete, Joseph Corbett, became ill in 1917, grew progressively worse, was pronounced incurable by physicians, and last October, after a breakdown, lingered on a starvation diet, too weak to turn in bed. His wife had bought a cemetery plot for him. He began a regular dosage of insulin on February 2. The 9% sugar in his blood has now been reduced to normal, less than 1%, he has gained 50 pounds, is able to eat a generous diet, and takes vigorous exercise...
Those people of Genesis who would have gone to bed Wednesday night with a grouch because the Creator had not finished...
...clock instead of 7:30; arrive at his business at 8:30 instead of 9; lunch at 11:30 instead of 12; start his afternoon's work at 2:30 instead of 3; dine at 7:30 and not at 8; and go to bed half an hour before his accustomed time. Moreover all public services will conform to the order. So, while the clocks of France tick off the seconds in accordance with solar time, daylight saving will be effective but not apparent...
During the crisis in his illness, Mr. Gompers was in a partial delirium, muttering incoherent phrases about labor conferences and meetings with government officials. The doctors had some difficulty in persuading the patient to remain in bed, since he declared himself fit enough for regular work...