Word: risers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chungking. Dawn poked through the chill Yangtze mist. Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, ever an early riser, was at breakfast when an aide brought him the news. He left his food untasted, withdrew for meditation. Hours later he sent his thoughts to Mrs. Roosevelt: "I am deeply grieved. . . . The profound sorrow of the Chinese people . . . the deep sense of gratitude they bear for him. . . . His name will be a beacon of light to humanity...
...E.S.T. At 7:17 Driscoll was radiophoning a description of her over John B.'s program. When Driscoll had about finished, Beverly Griffith, Eastern Air Lines representative aboard the plane, came on the radiophone. "Listen," said Griffith. Then, for the ears of every early riser tuned in, Early Bird Griffith sang John B. Gambling's Pepsi-Cola song from 35 miles out over the Atlantic, not missing a syllable, and smacking his lips roundly (just as John B. does...