Word: naps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accompany him in a black, Indian-built Hindustan Ambassador sedan to his office in the circular, sandstone Parliament House. Office routine-sometimes 17 hours a day of it-is interrupted only by a vegetarian lunch of curry, potato cutlet and tea (prepared by his wife) and a half-hour nap. A heart attack in 1959 and another seizure last year, shortly after he assumed the premiership, have done little to slow Shas-tri's dogged pace. He is blessed by an old Nehru tradition that saves him wear and tear: Indian Prime Ministers rarely hold diplomatic receptions...
...nonstudent at Cal can nap to recorded music on the plush sofas of the softly carpeted student union lounge, attend class lectures-and even ask questions in class. He can borrow a friend's registration card, get free medical treatment, attend free movies. He can sun himself near the union fountain, lunch on cheap sandwiches and pie at the outdoor Terrace, bang on bongo drums on the Lower Plaza. "Berkeley is one of the best places I know of to drop out of the system and yet survive," says Dr. David H. Powelson, director of the campus psychiatric clinic...
...Johnson, full of praise, spoke at the conference, called Laurance Rockefeller a "selfless patriot," joked about the White House upheaval caused by the crusade for beauty. "This afternoon, after a particularly hectic day yesterday and after a late lunch, I went in about 4:15 to get my afternoon nap," said Johnson, "and I dozed off to sleep immediately after I put my head on the pillow. And some time or other I awakened and I could hear a little soft music in the background and a lot of conversation, and I said, 'My, am I dreaming? Is Laurance...
Pretty Much Alone. At least twice in the week of the big event, Johnson had skipped lunch and missed his afternoon nap, and on Inauguration Day he had spent hours speaking and parade-watching without coat, hat or long underwear in chilling 43° Washington temperatures-although electric heaters were deployed near him. And that evening he had dashed in and out of five overcrowded, overheated ballrooms. Both Lady Bird and Daughter Lynda Bird had come down with colds after the ceremonies, and hoping not to expose the President, they had left for Camp David...
...Cover) It was during the President's usual nap time, and it took a little while before the call was put through. Finally, Carl Albert, majority leader of the House of Representatives, was able to say: "Mr. President, I'm here with the new minority leader, Jerry Ford, and the dean of the House, Manny Celler, to report that the House is organized and ready for business." "That's fine," said Lyndon Johnson...