Word: sleepless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sermon on the Mount," translated from the Syrian by Tawfig Sayish, is overbalanced with strained imagery ("the sleepless fish make weary passes at the blushing corn") but it also conveys a dignity and sense of wonder. There can be little praise, however, for Peter Junger's "Sea Change," in which a trite subject is locked in an erratic meter...
...three angels-two of them murderers, the third a swindler-take the visitors on. All three badmen have sunny natures, warm hearts, clever hands, sleepless brains; all three are passionate believers in the robinhood of man. Possessing every criminal art and penal grace, they set matters aright in a Gallic Christmas Carol where it is simpler to bump Scrooge off than to convert...
...failing heart and directed dozens of laboratory tests. From the first, the results were disquieting, e.g., the number of white cells in the blood was mounting rapidly, suggesting inflammation in the lungs. On the third day, the electrocardiogram showed fresh damage to the heart muscle. But the sleepless Kremlin physicians fought on, meeting crisis after crisis in breathing and heart action...
...Sleepless on a Train. The story hit the Eisenhower campaign train as it made its way across the Midwest on Thursday evening. Correspondents got the first news of the Nixon fund when they picked up local newspapers in Nebraska. Almost instantly the words "Nixon" and "millionaires' club" zipped through the train. That night, Ike himself went to bed soon after his Omaha speech. But his advisers huddled anxiously through the night while correspondents listened to their discussions and badgered them for statements. With few facts at hand, many on the Eisenhower staff and most of the reporters adopted...
...Korean orphans. In the next twelve hours, the opposing sides fired off two of the most concentrated artillery and mortar barrages of the war. On about 800 yards of front, the U.S. dropped 32,000 rounds, the Chinese 15,000 rounds. Item Company Marines waited, their eyes strained by sleepless vigilance, endless concussions and flying dust and dirt...