Word: dozed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...terrible strain, especially when the lookout must scan not only the surface, but underwater-for U-boats have a habit of lying motionless on the continental shelf in daytime. Consequently blimp observers can stand watch only a little over an hour at a time, are encouraged to doze during the off watches. Any comfort they can be given is not wasted...
...could only doze because the life raft, said Dixon, was like "sleeping on a Beautyrest mattress and someone smacking you with a baseball bat twice every three seconds, and someone else throwing buckets of cold water in your face...
...their latest "Scotch Week" (forced leave) in subdued tones. There are fewer limousines, fewer taxis, there is even plenty of parking space. Inside the skyscrapers, scores of vacant desks are evidence of little business, ironclad leases. Instead of an excited mob in the customers' room, a few clerks doze or play ticktacktoe...
Walliser's show is distinguished from rivals by the fact that his inventions are all based, however remotely, on real discoveries. Walliser is now considering a sleep ray for Peter Quill, which will paralyze an enemy's hypothalamus, send him off into a gentle doze...
More & more U. S. concertgoers are discovering a new and painless way to enjoy music in the summer. They lie on the ground wrapped in blankets, gaze at the stars, spoon a bit, doze off, take their symphonies between nods. This detached, easygoing way of listening can be indulged on the outskirts of many of the outdoor music festivals that...