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By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide to 20th Century History since 1997

President Taft's Sleepiness Investigated

Friday October 17, 2003
U.S. President William Howard Taft had a tendency -- a very common tendency -- to fall asleep when talking to people, while reviewing troops, and when signing papers. Boy, and we thought that it was embarassing when President George Bush Sr. threw up at a state dinner in Tokyo! At the time, people just thought Taft was a sleepy person. However, a doctor recently examined Taft's ailments and determined that Taft most likely had sleep apnea, an illness where one has trouble breathing at night.

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