Word: siestas
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...vacation period in Europe. The U.S. does not always provide a model for others to imitate. The Italians, for example, steadfastly oppose an American eight-hour work day; they complain that it would give them only an hour or so for lunch instead of the traditional three-hour midday siesta at home and, more important, would cut into the overtime they often pile up by staying at work until 8 or 9 in the evening. When the Italian government tried to institute a day with no siesta break, the employees' union blocked the plan by arguing that it would...
...Palermo Agricultural Show. Bulls so fat that they could hardly waddle were accompanied by cows to supply the ten gallons of milk, spiced with two dozen eggs, that the bulls drink each day. Peons attended the beasts' every need and rigidly enforced antinoise regulations during their four-hour siesta. Argentines take the whole thing very seriously, and with good reason: much of their nation's welfare is wrapped up in the cattle business...
Gorillas awake soon after sunrise and spend three hours stuffing themselves with a heavy breakfast. Around 10 a.m. they take a long siesta, and by 2 p.m. are ready for another large meal. Food is no problem at all; gorillas' tastes run to a great variety of tender vegetation. Sometimes they have breakfast in bed, simply reaching out their long arms and pulling plants to the nest...
...Sanlucar and nearby Jerez de la Frontera 3,900 workers were out on strike for a $2.50 daily wage (a 50? boost), portal-to-portal pay between the vineyard and home, and two-not one-daily cigars, the slang word for the workers' traditional 20-minute siesta...
Before tackling this momentous question, Adenauer, 86, and De Gaulle, 71, paused for lunch and a siesta. Then it was time for the three-and-a-half hours of hard bargaining on European unity. As it turned out, it was Charles de Gaulle who trimmed his sail a bit by agreeing to withdraw France's latest draft. In return, Adenauer promised not to push too swiftly the idea of a European political superstructure, with an executive to tell governments what to do and a secretary-general and bureaucracy to decide...