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Backed by movie stars who slept on iron grates to demonstrate their compassion, and passed overwhelmingly by both houses of Congress, the bill was the first comprehensive effort by the Federal Government to address the plight of the nation's estimated 2 million homeless people. Over the next two years, it will provide $1 billion for emergency shelters, some permanent housing and extra food stamps...
...valiant tamer of U.S. inflation, the tightfisted money manager who stopped one of the worst price spirals in this century and made it bearable once again for Americans to go to supermarkets and shopping malls. But that was not the only reason moneymen around the world slept more restfully knowing Volcker was in charge. He was a crisis manager extraordinaire, a five-star monetary marshal who helped save the financial system from panic when it was threatened by Mexico's debt crisis in 1982 and Continental Illinois bank's near collapse...
...Herald reported that Monkey Business cleared Bahamian customs on arriving, shortly before dusk. And according to Bahamian authorities, American pleasure boats are not required to clear customs upon departure. The sleeping arrangements on Bimini prompted more questions than a TV quiz show. Both Rice and Hart maintained that they slept on separate boats, and that the two men spent the night on Broadhurst...
...human, if there was any humanity in him. I had hoped to find myself in the presence of a disfigured creature, a monster whose unspeakable crimes would be clearly legible in his three-eyed face. I was disappointed: Adolf Eichmann seemed quite normal, a man like other men -- he slept well, ate with good appetite, deliberated coolly, expressed himself clearly and was able to smile when he had to. The architect of the Final Solution was banal, just as Hannah Arendt had said...
...nice bed for that matter. Butcher slept only 22 hours during the 11 days of this year's race. However, she allowed her dogs to rest every four hours. "If you sleep too long, you've lost the race," Butcher says. "But dogs need a lot of sleep...