Word: sleeps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tranquilandia (the Land of Tranquillity). Amid a hail of gunfire, 40 Colombian policemen in two helicopters and a small plane touched down on its clandestine airstrip. What they found was a busy, self-contained complex devoted entirely to the production of cocaine. Tranquilandia included a dormitory large enough to sleep 80 or more, and a dining area complete with dishwasher and refrigerator. Its bathrooms were furnished with showers and orange-and-white flush toilets made of Italian ceramic. Among its more luxurious appointments were a Betamax video recorder, a microwave oven and a library of pornographic magazines. According...
...addition to the Winthrop St. and School St. sites, the Emergency Service Center, located near Central Square provides nighttime accommodations for men. The center caters to the needs of between 50 and 70 alcoholics a night. Both Shelter, Inc. and the Lutheran Church, besides providing a place to sleep, serve breakfast and dinner...
...cares if he rides horses when he should be working, or is fed lines by Nancy at press conferences. In all honesty, he would be a great ruler if he were not running the government--something which is even now in question. Were he king, we would sleep soundly as professional ministers handled the challenge of American government...
Students in Houses with strong reputations soon grow tired of being labelled with certain personality traits simply on the basis of where they sleep and eat. Students should never be in the awkward position of justifying their individuality because they've been prejudged on the basis of their House affiliation...
...trade deficits. The trade gap weakens the U.S. economy by diverting American dollars abroad, and the enormous borrowing needed to finance the budget shortfall threatens to push interest rates higher and stunt growth. Says Hugh Johnson, a portfolio strategist for First Albany, a securities brokerage firm: "People went to sleep about the deficit, but they will probably wake up to it this year." Johnson is also skeptical of the current wave of bullish sentiment: "When the prevailing view is one of near unanimous optimism, that is when you have got to be extremely careful...