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...four days sleep was something to be snatched on planes and trains, fatigue was countered with vitamin pills and the sheer momentum of Hubert Humphrey's astonishing vitality. At times the strain showed on Humphrey's face, but energy invariably won the day. After a quick shower and a change in Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel, he was refreshed and ready to go again...
...record is not clear, but apparently Ahab's mistake, in regard to his later reputation, was to oppose a religious faction that instigated a rebellion against his son Joram and then put itself in the right by writing the Book of Kings. But in spite of the shower of curses that the prophets called down upon Ahab, he ruled for 23 years, and only after his death was Jezebel thrown to the dogs. "The Bible," says Dr. Yadin, "was not written as objective history...
...Squalls Ahead. Luxury boats among the more than 75 cabin cruisers on display included Richardson's 46-ft., $51,000 motor yacht sleeping ten people. Rivaling it in the lavish touch was Bayhead Skiffs' 30-ft. Caribbean sports express. It has a hot-water shower, two electric refrigerators, a built-in rotisserie in its all-electric kitchen. Price: $28,000. But the biggest attention grabbers at the show were the new jet motorboats. Buehler Turbocraft exhibited a 16-ft. inboard (price: $3,450), powered by a jet engine. It draws in water through intakes amidships, forces...
...York's Little Flower. "I was thunderstruck by the similarity," said Morris. Bosley reads the funnies with a perfect croak, pushes back his coat to place his hands, fingers down, on his hips while speaking, sings in a voice like the one that must have sounded in the shower at Gracie Mansion. He makes the most of his pudgy hands and Little Flower pot, belts out campaign songs in Italian and Yiddish, bursts out explosively at Tammany men with chalk-stripe suits and Shinola in their hair. He has the look of a man who likes fire trucks...
...thought, "and me exam isn't until 11:00 tomorrow morning." As he walked towards his room, he began calculating. "At least six hours for sleep," he said half aloud, "and one more for breakfast, and twenty minutes for a shave and a shower...