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...devoted to him and whom the old man loves, has been forced by his family to leave the unlucky old man and find work on a more successful boat. But the boy still brings him bait and food. Gnarled and bone weary, the old man can only doze and dream and hope that his luck will change. Before dawn on the 85th day, feeling somehow confident, the old man sets out again in his skiff. "Good luck, old man," says Manolin. "Good luck," answers...
...Keep off the Grass" signs have not disappeared entirely, and people can still doze and dream in more than 17,000 U.S. city parks; but they can also play golf and tennis, eat a picnic lunch, ride a horse, paddle a canoe, attend a symphony concert and study the ways of animals and fishes. Tiny in comparison with the vast national parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite and the Great Smoky Mountains, city parks are closer to the daily lives of the people they serve, and the best of them play a giant's role in an increasingly urbanized society...
Inside the world's biggest bomber, the camera pokes into the small, pressurized compartments, jammed with equipment, where the crewmen eat hot meals, perform, their demanding jobs, doze off-duty in tiered bunks. To get from one end of the big bomber to the other, the airmen crawl the distance of half a city block, or slide on a dolly through a tunnel in the innards of the plane...
...with much-needed relief for the Democratic corporal's guard. Langer had been obstinately against the bill from its inception, and began his harangue in the clangorous voice that makes every sentence sound like the cry of a newsboy with an extra. Weary Senators drifted off to doze on black leather couches in corridors or handy offices, leaving a few sentinels to guard the Senate floor. Shortly after 2 a.m., one of Langer's roars, punctuated by a crashing thump of his fist, frightened a sleeping page boy and sent him sprawling off his chair onto the floor...
...15th round, Dauthuille was well ahead on points, and coasting to the title; all he had to do was keep himself covered up through that last round. Instead, on advice from his corner, he chose to come out punching for a knockout. And Jake came out of his doze...