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...next one emerges from her tweeds with a less sympathetic expression. Diana married one of Britain's mighty brewers -Bryan Guinness, stout feller-but got divorced and married English Fascist Sir Oswald Mosley...
...Lenz, 86, who started work at 16 as a $2-a-week paper salesman, retired at 31 as the millionaire owner of a paper company, devoted much of his life thereafter to playing and experting at bridge; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan. In 1931, after he and Partner Oswald Jacoby were challenged ($10,000 to $1,000) by Upstart Bridge Expert Ely Culbertson and Wife Josephine to a 150-rubber match billed as "The Bridge Battle of the Century," Lenz fell into eclipse when the Culbertsons, promoting their new honor-trick system, talked and slammed their...
...Oswald polled 50 of his friends, found that only seven rated themselves free of falling-asleep jerks; 25 had them about three times a year; the rest reported increasing frequency up to more than once a week. Finally, Dr. Oswald had some himself. One was accompanied by the sensation of a sudden flash of light, another by "the sight of half a brick hurtling toward my face...
Still not clear from the research is the cause of the jerks. They are often triggered by a slight noise. Several of Dr. Oswald's informants thought they were associated with periods of anxiety. (In his own case, three out of four occurred in one night when he was trying to stay alert for a cry from one of his children who had an ear infection.) All the jerks came before deep sleep...
Some neurologists have equated the jerks with epilepsy, but since they are so nearly universal, Dr. Oswald doubts the connection. Anti-convulsion drugs are sometimes prescribed for severe cases; if they work, it is probably because they bring on deep sleep faster. Reassurance, suggests Dr. Oswald, may also be a good prescription...