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...local Metropolitan Auditions. Pet of the Bocce is onetime La Scala Basso Antonio Meloni, who rooms across the street from the bar, has played pinochle there nearly every day since it opened in 1939. Basso Meloni, 81. arrives each morning at 10, stays all day, takes a short nap after dinner, brushes his shoulder-length white hair and returns for the evening. He sings at the drop of a bocce ball, joins Peironi's troupe at least once a night...
...Manhattan for the windup of their genial father's U.S. visit, Morocco's veilless Princesses Aisha (TIME, Nov. n), Malika and Nuzha met local newsfolk, acquitted themselves well through French and Arabic interpreters. Their little sister Amina, 4. skipped the conference in favor of a nap. A newshen inquired: "Is the Princess Aisha engaged?" Ignoring her linguistic aides, Aisha snapped a prompt no in English. Then someone inquired whether dynamic Feminist Aisha is regarded by Moroccan women as her country's own Joan of Arc. "Certainly not!" she replied, eyes twinkling. "Wasn't she known...
Almost a shoo-in for three prizes (best of the big-car section, best woman entrant, best Queensland entrant), Geordie Anderson took time out to go home, do her washing, and check up on her daughters' housekeeping. Refreshed by a nap, she whipped through Canberra so fast that she was picked up for speeding. But apart from a damaged windshield, her Jag was still in good condition. Geordie finished far up in the overall standings (behind five Volkswagens), easily earned her three prizes, and went home with $1,215 plus assorted trophies, including an electric razor and a supply...
...respiration rate had died, and the main radio seemed to be weakening. Calmly, Dr. Stapp told Dr. Simons the news: if he stayed up he would have to monitor his own pulse and breathing, take his own position checks and thus could not risk more than a short nap. Answered Simons: "Let's continue the flight...
...program was already printed. The request was refused. All Coach Faz could do was arrange a special schedule of his own: he woke his kids (all twelve or under) at 7:30, had them ready for a nap by 11 o'clock and up again in time for the game. Properly refreshed, they beat Bridgeport in the semifinal...