Word: bedded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Time set all this right, but one night, years later. Mr. Gandhi who wished to sit up with his sick father, was persuaded by Mrs. Gandhi to come to bed. The remorse of the Mahatma, when a servant knocked on the bedroom door and announced his father's death, prostrated him for two days. Not until Mrs. Gandhi passed middle age could he regard her as an intellectual helpmate...
...company, wake at, six each morning after six hours sleep and eat. Our daily bill of fare never changes: two dozen eggs, three quarts of milk, two cans of soup, and a loaf of bread. We run fifty miles each day, sleeping never on a bed and generally in an R-K-O theatre. At noon and at ten in the evening we have an hour for recreation when we are allowed to sit. The theatre men keep watch on us all the time. In the evenings we broadcast our orchestra over the radio or do a vaudeville stunt. Always...
...baseball in the yard and felt better for the exercise. Always generous, he gave away to charity what his prison-mates estimated at $25,000. This openhandedness was responsible for the unconfirmed rumor that he had occupied a special cell with chintz curtains at the window, easy chairs, cozy bed and mattress. Some Philadelphians interpreted his generosity as a bid for hospitality when...
...sure to motor out to Chequers for Sunday lunch. U. S. and Japanese assistant secretaries beamed a welcome. At the Carlton Hotel, headquarters of the French delegation, doors banged frantically for hours as technicians and diplomats rushed in and out. About 10:30 p.m. Prime Minister Tardieu went to bed to prepare for his fateful Chequers luncheon. Warned astute James Louis Garvin in the Sunday Observer...
...next night they were tucked in bed, allowed 13 hours of sleep. More tests were conducted after that. Observations: after the 13-hour sleep, faculties of memory and concentration were restored almost to normal; emotional reactions were below par; those who had less difficulty in staying awake were most fatigued; in all night poker games, players should relax between hands; after sleeping the students were 50% more fatigued than they would have been with two nights' sleep...