Word: sleeps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with a waistline that rides over his belt, he walks right up to anti- Falwell demonstrators and pumps their hands. He usually wears dark suits and shoes and always carries a Bible. His deep, booming voice dominates all encounters. Up every morning at 6 after only five hours' sleep, he reads from Scripture for about an hour. Falwell does no exercise, watches little television except for boxing and TV news and spends hours on the phone. He has a surface knowledge of history, philosophy and even the current affairs on which he makes pronouncements...
...after 1:00 a.m. when the telephone shook Ike's father from a sound sleep that September morning. The anonymous voice of a Texas state trooper came over the line through 2000 miles of static...
...despite the poverty of some of the towns the riders encountered, the group was showered with welcome committees and potluck suppers and in town after town, was offered community recreation hall and church floors to sleep on, Harrigan said...
...needed to use the facilities. What really got to me wasn't being jacked around the room according to my roommate's sexual needs. It was the fact that I could not return the favor that made me feel small. I knew that either of these guys would sleep on the couch for months on end if I had a decent-looking excuse...
...success of low-priced lodging in part reflects effective marketing. Red Roof Inns advertises with signboards that say SLEEP CHEAP. Says President Trueman: "It may be grammatically incorrect, but it sure pulls travelers off the highway." His occupancy rate of 84% is the highest in the economy-lodging industry...