Word: napping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...eyed shrug. Ike reached out and patted Gronchi on the sleeve, said he felt that the welcome had been very warm, expressed understanding about the bad weather. And in the splendid patina of the Quirinale, the party's spirits picked up. That afternoon Ike found time for a nap. His son Major John and Daughter-in-Law Barbara explored the sprawling, centuries-old palace ("This is living," said Major John). That evening, after a talk with Gronchi, Ike walked from his quarters in the Quirinale to another apartment to be guest of honor at a glittering state banquet...
...became better acquainted in 1956 on Nehru's second trip to the U.S., soon after Hungary and Suez had erupted into the headlines. Spending a day at Ike's Gettysburg farm, the two began talking at breakfast, continued through the morning until lunch. Then after a short nap, the talks went on through the late afternoon, dinner and evening-a total of 14 hours. It was, said Nehru, the longest sustained conversation he has ever had with anyone, and it touched on subjects ranging from the painting of Grandma Moses to the personality of Nikita Khrushchev...
These days, during the show's Boston tryout, the entire adult company of The Miracle Worker treats Patty as their professional peer. They hardly remember her age until, at her mother's insistence, she knocks off like a good little girl for her afternoon nap...
...nice fresh corn" for lunch. His habits, too, were those of the same old Ike. He arose at 7 or 7:15 each morning, showered, shaved, had a small steak for breakfast, and was at his desk by 8 or 8:15. After lunch, he took an hour-long nap, then worked until 5:30, downed a Scotch highball before dinner, often returned to his work at night. Usually in bed by 10:30, he often relaxed-as he had during the days of World War II decisions-with western novels, preferably those of Red Reeder, Luke Short...
...reports in Brain that his first jerk-recording subject was a healthy, athletic type of 22, with no history of head injury or brain damage. But he had several such jerks nearly every night while falling asleep in a normal setting, and usually had one if he sneaked a nap on the job. Often he had a sensation of something "hot and bright" flowing through his body...