Word: sleeps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the rocket's power cuts off and it orbits freely in space, the crew would feel no gravity at all. In this "zero gravity field," they could neither stand nor sit unless held firmly in position. If they tried to sleep in bunks, the slightest motion would flip them out. The jet effect of even gentle breathing would waft them across the cabin...
...Maillol. The only instrument in her pension was a battered old upright piano. Late one night, when everyone else was in bed, she sat down and played until morning. When the proprietress came down, Landowska inquired whether her playing had disturbed her. "But no," she replied. "I do not sleep well since the war, but your banging put me to sleep...
Reading, says Mrs. Ethridge, is a hazard for the wife. "Mark and I room together . . . There I will be in the bed beside him, weary unto death, dying for sleep, and Mark will be flipping the pages of [magazines] . . . right in my face, until long past midnight. [Next morning] I am waked by him slamming the front door with all his might, trooping up the stairs, tearing the wrapper from around the [morning] paper and squashing it into a ball, then hopping back into the bed to rattle and to read until sunup. Of course, I'm wide awake...
...sleep upon her last...
Leverett House winner was Mrs. "Millie" DiCarlo, of E entry, who keeps a schedule of each students' classes and never lets him sleep through a class or exam. In Kirkland, the choice was Miss Helen "Queenie" Anderson, of I entry, who has loaned her boys money when needed, taught them neatness "Through pleas, cajolery and imprecations" and and helped them find dates...