Word: sleeps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lexicon relaxing tension means lulling the non-Communist forces to sleep while the Communists build up their strength. Some of the delegates at Bandung understood that meaning and heard Chou's proposal in that perspective, but others were lulled. From the U.S. Government, the reaction was swift and clear and firm...
Hungry hoodlums, homesick for the U.S.A., rallied around from Palermo, Messina, Genoa and even the island of Elba. "I wish I had been left in an American jail," one explained. "At least there I could eat and sleep at Government expense...
...cast are Tom Clancy, as Shem the Penman, Sarah Braverman, as Anna Livia, and Ed Chamberlain and Jac Rogers in a variety of roles. Ken Donahue was entirely enjoyable as everyman H.C.E., although as a result of the adaptation his major function throughout much of the play was to sleep atop the coffin. Joseph Mitchell lent delicacy at appropriate moments in several parts, especially during the dream dramas of H. C. Earwicker which occupied most of the second half of the production, and which were in many ways the most purely entertaining part of the evening...
...government decision to teach sex in schools, and she assiduously superintends it. I asked Mrs. Ottesen-Jensen what she teaches the young people. "I tell them that the important thing is that they must be in love," she said. "I tell the girls it is all right to sleep with a boy-but first they must be in love. When I tell them that, you see them smiling and nudging each other." "You don't advise them to wait until they get married?" I asked. Mrs. Ottesen-Jensen fixed me with a scornful eye. "Everybody knows that couples-young...
...semidarkness, Rosamond Bernier saw a room cluttered with ancient furniture, presided over by Picasso's smiling sister, Doña Lola, wrapped in a sheet held together with safety pins, and flanked by two more Picasso nephews, both doctors. "Mama suffers from rheumatism and can't sleep. None of us goes to bed before 6." the family explained, then plunged into the evening's entertainment. Doctor Pablin began plucking out a lively flamenco on his guitar. Lolita sat down at the piano. In no time Juanin began a heel-stomping dance; Doctor Jaime handed around glasses...