Word: naps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scholastic career." On his first day of work at a bleach factory, "I attempted to carry ten gallons of bleach to a truck we were loading. We lost all ten. At 16,1 worked in a sweater factory, where I had the embarrassing experience of being awakened from a nap by the president of the company." He failed as a longshoreman. "My next opportunity came through a furniture company's ad in the New York Times: 'Want ambitious young man who seeks responsibility.' After a month of aligning wheels of teacarts, I got tired of responsibility...
...transforming an old bus into a mobile three-room apartment, now go out almost every weekend with friends who own similar rigs. Camper buses are ideal for families with children. Reason: the kids get less restless en route because they have room to play in and bunks to nap on, not to mention refrigerators to snack from and -best of all-toilets...
...four, but switched to violin two years later because "I kept going to sleep at the keyboard" She left Seoul for Juilliard at twelve, knowing no English. As composed and lovely as a porcelain doll, she "never felt more comfortable" than in the competition, was calm enough to nap during the two-hour wait for the jury's decision...
...common consent, no one toils harder for the McDonnell team than Mr. Mac himself. Aside from an occasional round of golf (he is lucky to break 100), his relaxation consists of a nap after lunch and two drinks before a late dinner with his second wife, the former Mrs. Priscilla Brush Forney. After the Jell-O and Sanka, Mr. Mac retreats to his den to dip into his briefcase until midnight. McDonnell's sons, J. S. Ill, 31, and John Finney, 29, both hold mid-bracket executive jobs in McDonnell's space center. They are the children of his first...
...Humphrey at the Harbour Square Apartments in southwest Washington. (By agreement with Johnson, Humphrey was authorized to exercise the full powers of the presidency if an emergency arose while Johnson was incapacitated.) Johnson began emerging from the anesthetic less than 15 minutes after surgery, and after a 40-minute nap the President was back in the cockpit...