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...good as being able to play squash and take a nap at the same time," David H. Dressler, associate professor of Biochemistry, said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Researchers Acclaim New British Genetic Discovery | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

...neatly manicured lawns that surround Irvine-built factories and office buildings, workers toss Frisbees during their lunch hours or nap under the midday California sun. Many of them live within walking distance, in Irvine-designed homes adjacent to golf courses, swimming pools and lakes. Shopping centers and parks, all landscaped by Irvine, are less than ten minutes away. It is an idyllic work-live-play environment, carved out of beanfields and cow pastures south of Los Angeles. Irvine has built on only 10,000 acres, and plans to continue developing its land over the next 25 years with nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: War for 80,000 Acres | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

...finally return to your room in time for Charlie's Angels. How about a little nap before hitting the books, you've got to be tired. The nap ends in time for breakfast the next morning, and here you go again...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: White sweats, splinters, high hopes | 11/12/1976 | See Source »

...landed her a blow that caused the actress to see stars. Mostly, however, the gizmo worked amazingly well. Says Lange: "I got very close with the guys who were working the hand. I got so totally relaxed that sometimes I'd go up there and take a nap." Others who worked on the picture commend Lange as a girl as gritty as she is pretty, gamely controlling her natural anxiety at being swept through the air, at considerable height, by an unpredictable and manifestly less-than-perfected contrivance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HERE COMES KING KONG | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

...silvery Metroliner highballed through New Jersey, Jimmy Carter slumped deeper in his seat and tried to nap. His blue eyes closed, then flickered open, closed again and opened again. Finally Carter gave up and gazed blankly out the window, his brow furrowed more deeply than usual. He had just won three primaries, finished second in three others and picked up about 140 delegates -five times more than any other Democrat that week. It seemed a good week's work, boosting his score in the primaries to 16 victories in 25 attempts and his delegate total by conservative measure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Carter: Slowed but Still Probable | 6/7/1976 | See Source »

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