Word: sleeps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Lost three months and 20 days canvassing the county. Lost 1,360 hours of sleep studying about the election. Lost six acres of corn and a lot of sweet 'taters. Lost two front teeth and a lot of hair in a personal encounter with an opponent. Donated to 200 preachers, gave 4,000 fans to churches. Gave away one bull, eight shoats, seven head of sheep to barbecues; gave away two pairs of suspenders, five calico dresses, five dolls and 15 baby rattles, kissed 150 babies, kindled 25 fires, put up 14 cook stoves, cut 15 cords of stove...
Once, when the Philippine Sea was heading away from Korea for rest and relaxation in Yokosuka, Japan, it was Ramsey's idea to give his crew three extra hours of sleep beyond the normal 0600 reveille. At 0900, a dulcet announcement was piped over the ship's intercom: "Good morning. This is your friendly boatswain's mate. It's oh-nine-hundred and time to turn out. If you are hungry after your long sleep, there are coffee and sweet rolls waiting for you in the galley." Whereupon the ship's Dixieland band crashed into...
...standers by," to soldiers in modern war. Some of the noises-likened to the grinding of gears, the rustling of leaves, the crunching of newspapers, the cooing of doves-have kept their victims awake for nights on end; others have made it impossible for husbands or wives to sleep in the same room. The record distance at which such sounds could be heard: 20 feet...
Trailer Kit. Chris-Craft Corp., which sells kits for building boats, announced a new build-it-yourself kit for constructing a house trailer. The trailer has aluminum outer walls, wooden frame, floor and paneling, is 14 ft. long and can sleep three. Price: $549, without tires and furniture...
...village girl telling a story at the well. She dislikes sadness and expresses the feeling in broad caricatures of moaning pop singers. Hers seems to be the Montmartre of old, when sheep grazed its slopes and windmills turned. "I like sunshine and I live," she says. "I sleep with my windows open...