Word: alarms
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...roommate, who is a good friend of mine, always sets his alarm for 7 a.m., and then hits snooze every 10 minutes until he finally gets up at noon. His lack of consideration for my own need for restful sleep is really irritating and I’m not sure how to approach the problem...
...your roommate ahead of time. It is also crucial to always execute your chat in the first person, discussing how “I” feel instead of what “you” do. Perhaps even discuss your own trials and tribulations with the alarm clock...
...Banquet,” the band’s first single from their debut LP “Silent Alarm,” is first and foremost a showcase for the talents of drummer Matt Tong and bassist Gordon Moakes. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better sounding rhythm section in any band currently working. Tong and Moakes play off of each other so well you’d swear they were conjoined at the head if the video didn’t show otherwise. Meanwhile, Kele Okereke, the band’s dreadlocked singer/guitarist...
...five wake-up calls this morning because my alarm and my body are not to be trusted,” she says...
...forth for seven hours, accompanied by a roaring sound and electrical discharges. But for all these red flags, experts were unable to pinpoint when the big boom would come, or even if it would. Lacking that precision, Colombia, perhaps reluctant to disrupt the lives of residents with a false alarm, was unable to act in time. In a heavily populated area, says Gail Mahood, a geologist at Stanford University in California, "if you make a prediction and you're wrong, you could cost billions of dollars to an economy...