Word: sleeps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that he himself had thought up more than 200 of the epigrams in his book, whereas only 49 of them were by William Shakespeare. We had not the slightest inkling that Mr. Prochnow could also put his brilliant, pithy thoughts into verse, as he does on the subject of "Sleep...
...pretty, pink-clad hostesses around a futuristic pink kitchen. The Russians were unimpressed. Noting a built-in radio, Kozuilia ventured to suggest that housewives might be distracted and let the lunch burn. When he saw a built-in cosmetics drawer near the sink, he cracked: "And do you also sleep in the kitchen?" Again a builder explained: "You'd be surprised how this helps sell houses." Said Kozuilia: "Oh, I see, it helps soften criticism...
...Yalu. Each morning at 5:50, the public-address system blares out: "Good morning! Did you sleep well?" By 6 a.m. the cadets are outside for reveille formation. They line up by companies, each of which bears an animal's name, e.g., White Horse, Antelope, Panther. They count off, sing the national anthem, repeat the armed forces oath, ending with a fiery pledge to unify the country ("Let us plant the Republic of Korea colors on Paektu-san* and wash our swords in the Yalu River...
...because they couldn't get into the House dining room. Another is that many upperclassmen, who know "gracious living" only as a sardonic commentary on the present situation in the Houses, have no idea of what it's like to have a room of their own in which to sleep and study. Having never had this experience, students can hardly be "concerned" about missing it. But at any rate, we should like to suggest to the Faculty, the Overseers, and the Visiting Committee that today's undergraduates are concerned about the consequences of overcrowding. What the Committee regards as merely...
After that, the magical illusion went out of the production. Thirteen girls-enchanted maidens all, wearing white calf-length dresses that looked like nightgowns-trotted on, stretched gracefully and all but went to sleep. The hunter made the acquaintance of the head sleepyhead (really a princess, danced by pretty Svetlana Beriosova), and the girls went into low-pressure love rites. The Russian fairy tale plot darkened further-got so dark, in fact, that only the program notes could make it almost clear. A gang of leaping fiends, Tartars and scimitarists introduced a horrid wizard (mimed by Frederick Ashton...