Word: slumbers
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...goal, while Cornell defenders innocently chased co-captain Liz Sarles around the border of the circle, they were blissfully unaware that Nagle had silently camped herself a yard out in front. After Sarles sent a soft feed towards the center, Nagle woke the Big Red backs out of their slumber with a powerful shot from point blank range that rattled the back...
...light? Another part of the answer is the national work-ethic, which is closely linked to the ambition for ever-increasing prosperity. And another part of the answer is that we are embarrassed to admit that we need to sleep. If others can apparently manage with fewer hours of slumber, we feel it is an admission of weakness to claim the quota that our bodies demand...
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Down 4-2 going into the bottom of the ninth inning, the Harvard bats broke out of their slumber. Facing freshman closer Matt Duffey, right fielder and tri-captain Jeff Bridich hit a hard ground ball in between the first and second basemen for a single. Second baseman Faiz Shakir then singled into center. Sophomore shortstop Mark Mager followed with a perfect sacrifice bunt that put Shakir and Bridich in scoring position...
...that he sees it that way. Although the U.S. economy posted a heady 7.3 percent annual growth rate in the fourth quarter of 1999 - almost half a percentage point above preliminary figures released a few weeks ago - the consumption frenzy didn't roust the beast of inflation from its slumber. On the contrary, the accompanying inflation indicator, the GDP price deflator, actually came in belowthe figure reported a month ago. And the good news didn't end there: U.S. exports rose by 10.1 percent (2.3 percent above last year's increase), suggesting the world economy is on the mend...