Word: slept
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...kill off Egyptian tomb-snoopers and which was revived last fortnight by the death of famed British Egyptologist Arthur E. P. B. Weigall (TIME, Jan. 15), Professor Breasted chortled: "All tommyrot! I defy that curse. And if anyone was exposed to it I was. For two weeks I slept in the tomb of King Tut-Ankh-Amen and took my meals there. I never felt better in my life." With little respect for sober scientific fact, the New York World-Telegram printed fresh feature stories on "Pharaoh's curse...
...than himself. Apparently part of their tacit understanding is that the Englishman shall marry Kit's sister-in-law, Beatrice, with whom Kit is more than a little in love. The scheme carries and Tycoon Abbott sues for mercy. To complete his revenge, Kit discovers that he has slept with his father's new wife, though both were ignorant of the other's identity. Having made his father pay through the nose, Kit returns him all the money, with interest, which his upbringing has cost. From the rest he gives Beatrice a handsome dowry, Narcissa a present...
...before "the flowers that bloom in the spring" comes the examination in Hygiene, of great menage to the Freshmen with have slept through the lecturer, in the course. Fortunately, their term have no substance, for the examination is the epitome of all that is useless; those wise lads who know their way about realize that no one is ever flunked when there is the slightest chance of passing him. Ten minutes hard preparation would probably assure one of an A or a B. It is, in short, the most complete and perfunctory fiasco in Harvard College...
Meanwhile the Ministry of Justice was in chaos at Berlin as weary German jurists who had scarcely slept for weeks rushed to completion the "Code Hitler," a complete new body of penal law, theoretically effective on New Year...
...difficulty in adjusting her good intentions to her Iowa temperament caused sorrowing St. Gandhi to embark on a hunger strike seven months ago. Nilla repented and for five months slept on a bed of bricks in penance. Two months ago she erupted once more, turned up wild-eyed and dusty at the home of an astonished Hindu in Muttra only to disappear again...