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...early primaries to have any realistic shot at sneaking by the party front-runners. While this has always been the case for underdogs, there's probably less room for sneak attacks now than ever before. Bill Bradley's poor showing in Iowa was seen by most as a wake-up call - the ex-Knick needs to either campaign more aggressively or wave good-bye to any chance for the party...
...This meet was definitely a wake-up call," said Martin. "Northeastern was a bit stronger than we expected, but we are going to be facing off against a lot better Ivy League teams...
...indicates the burden may actually be deadly for many elderly caregivers. Seniors who say they are strained by the demands of a disabled spouse--that's half of elderly caregivers--are 63% more likely to die within four years than seniors with no ill spouse. The study is a wake-up call for doctors and families to make sure caregivers get help and respite from their duties...
...sitting at the computer in his 39th-floor office in midtown Manhattan, exploring the still immature Internet, and he found a site that purported to measure Net usage. Bezos couldn't believe it: the Internet was growing at a rate of 2,300% a year. "It was a wake-up call," he says. "I started thinking, O.K., what kind of business opportunity might there be here...
...these efforts are laudable, but unless they are universally adopted, patients will continue to die--not through gross negligence or incompetence but through plain human error. "This is a wake-up call," says Arthur Levin, director of the Center for Medical Consumers, based in New York City, and a member of the committee that wrote the new report. "The American health-care system has not put safety at the top of its agenda. Generally, they say this problem doesn't exist. But this is not an aberration. It's an all too common occurrence. And it is unconscionable to allow...