Word: vag
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Vag belched contentedly, loosened his tie, and left the dinning hall. "It's 7:00 now," he thought, "and me exam isn't until 11:00 tomorrow morning." As he walked towards his room, he began calculating. "At least six hours for sleep," he said half aloud, "and one more for breakfast, and twenty minutes for a shave and a shower...
That left him eight hours and forty minutes to devote to pure lucubration. Vag was pleased--this time he'd planned it all very carefully. He remembered his hour exams last year when he'd had to read almost a thousand pages the night before. This year, though, he'd been unusually thorough; he had only one book left...
...Should I stretch out or sit up?" Vag asked himself. "I might as well compromise." He sat down on a soft red chair at the far end of the room, put his feet up on a coffee table, and began to read. "If I study without underlining this time," he thought, "if should improve my memory...
After reading three pages in five minutes, Vag began to contemplate the problem of studying. "I wonder," he wondered, "whether I could read a line, then shut my eyes and have a photograph of it in my mind. When I finish the book, the only problem will be turning the pages: but perhaps memory can even do that for me." He spent fifteen minutes experimenting, but all he could picture was the book's publication date...
...thirty-nine minutes, he concentrated perfectly. "Gradually," he decided, "I'm developing study habits. In fact, after this exam period, I'll probably spend twelve hours each day reading." Vag spent twenty minutes thinking of all the books he wanted to read, than twenty more trying to remember their authors...