Word: nap
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What Is a Patron? Still sleepy from his afternoon nap, Bevin droned through a long speech, Wearily mispronouncing words (he said "exubriance" for exuberance, "umanimity" for unanimity, "Lydia" for Lydda). When he reached the end without announcing recognition, the Labor benches groaned. The vote on a motion for adjournment was a vote for or against Bevin. Prime Minister Attlee, in a desperate effort to corral wavering Labor votes, made it a vote of confidence for or against the government. Even so, more than 50 Labor M.P.s abstained, and the vote, 283 to 193, was the narrowest majority the Labor government...
...Saturday morning and Madar went directly to his hotel, where he bought two local papers to read while eating breakfast. After picking up more "atmosphere" from the pre-game football stories, and checking over what he was supposed to pay particular attention to that afternoon, he enjoyed a nap ("I can never get much sleep on a Pullman...
Less than an hour later, the President slipped into the penthouse. By then old Charley Ross, his press secretary, had heard enough good news to knock off for a nap. Ross got a rude awakening. Harry Truman was bouncing up & down on his bed, beaming happily. He told Ross-who had never really believed that his boss had a chance of election-that it was coming out just as he had always said it would. Harry Truman threw back his head and laughed and laughed...
...Freeman goes down to the second floor to make up the editorial page, then gets in another lick at George Washington until 11, when "my secretaries put me to bed" on an office couch for 15 minutes. After his nap he sees visitors (his secretary says radio listeners sometimes drop in just to look at the great man) until 11:55, when he heads for the radio station again and his noon broadcast...
...kindlin' wood downstairs. I wait till I'm sure he's got the coffee made, then I come down about 7. I just eat a piece of bread for breakfast, then I carry some coffee upstairs, and paint. In the afternoon I take a nap so when evenings come and the young folks come in I can set up till midnight and listen. I love to hear the gossip...