Word: dawned
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...Sunday morning, as weeping survivors emerged from the ruins to tell of corpses beside roads and of missing relatives and neighbors, the full extent of the disaster began to dawn. More than 200 people died in just a few days, the worst peacetime loss of life in mainland Australia's history...
...democratic, monarchical, communist or even a member of the "axis of evil," but rather whether this or that government works, serving the needs of a majority of its people. The days of U.S. Presidents viewing the world through ideological lenses must be over, and in President Obama a new dawn is emerging. I am optimistic that he can make a difference for everyone in the U.S. and the rest of the world. Kamaludin Bin Bahadin, Singapore...
...city center. Addelaide Choga had traveled from Chipinge, around 300 miles east of Harare, to see the ceremony. "This is what we've been waiting for," she said. "With Tsvangirai in government ... [this] is where the future of the country lies." Freeman Matake of Masvingo added, "This is the dawn of a new era in Zimbabwe." A police officer, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, agreed. "This man seems to be the answer to our problems. His determination is a source of hope." (See pictures from the tense walk-up to Zimbabwe's elections...
...powerful northerly winds, the fires were laying waste to houses, schools, whole towns. On Sunday morning, as the weeping, blackened survivors emerged from the ruins telling of horrific scenes of bodies dead beside the roads and of missing relatives and neighbors, the full extent of the disaster began to dawn...
...Coraline wanders through the huge old house, now divided into several large apartments, to meet the other residents: Mr. Bobinsky (Ian McShane), an eight-foot-tall blue Russian who runs a circus of more-or-less trained mice; and Miss Spink (Jennifer Saunders) and Miss Forcible (Dawn French), a pair of venerable theatrical troupers endlessly recounting their glory days in the music hall. Coraline also meets a boy her age, Whybe Lovet (Robert Bailey Jr.), the grandson of the grande dame who owns the place, and a talking cat (Keith David) with dark secrets he eventually spills...