Word: awakener
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...MONDAY, DAY 3: At 2 a.m., I awaken to Sun Ra-esque noises and lights so colorful and blinding that I see them through my closed lids. I hear the words Zorak and Moltar and realize that my new, lovely wife Cassandra is watching Space Ghost. I tell Frank the next day. "We often hear complaints from wives that their husbands are not helping," he says. "It's an interesting twist that your wife is undermining you. Welcome to married life...
...lips shine. What to do? I enlisted the help of Brooke L. Chavez ’04. A veteran beauty queen, Brooke agreed to serve as my pageant coach and my makeup artist. She introduced me to the wonders of concealer: It could not only erase acne, but also awaken tired, bag-ridden eyes. She taught me to make my lips appear fuller by applying lipstick on the flesh surrounding the lips. “Girls do it all the time,” she whispered with a giggle. By revealing her secrets, Brooke made me beautiful. My exterior...
...Freedom Corps strikes a note that may help our indulged generation awaken to what McCain describes as "a cause larger than ourselves." Bush should give McCain a call. He'd be happy to volunteer...
...mistake. Same mistake the Japanese made on Dec. 7, 1941. They too thought an America grown fat could never mobilize for mortal combat. Only Admiral Yamamoto knew, saying of Pearl Harbor, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve...
...later discovers that he is Jewish, Sebald wove intricate, shifting narratives often described as historic metaphors. In praising his work, Los Angeles Times critic Michael Andre Bernstein wrote, "History is a nightmare into which Sebald's characters and his books as a whole are trying to awaken...