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...Havens tells it, he, "Rese" and Scott Mead '77 had been eliminated from last spring's NCAA tournament in the early rounds. Sitting around that night, one of them--the culprit remains unidentified--had the clever idea to leave an early wake-up call for the Princeton coaches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mark Panarese Is Practically Perfect? | 1/10/1978 | See Source »

However, a Portuguese community leader said "Portuguese votes have put him over the top" in all elections but now "the people will [probably] wake...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Jobs on the Line | 10/8/1977 | See Source »

...took some morning-of-the-vote wake-up calls to Democrats by Vice President Walter F. Mondale to all save the ACP in the House Government Operations Committee, where it was reported out 1st May by a vote...

Author: By Michael A. Calabrese, | Title: Consumers Rain Nickels on Congress | 9/22/1977 | See Source »

...small drop in the work load. Unscheduled consultations and pop-in appointments were taking up as much as 15% of the precious presidential day. Carter, it appeared, was the one who was being forced to adjust. He added four more regular weekly meetings to his schedule. He ordered his wake-up calls at 6 a.m. (instead of 6:30) to expand his hours for reading. An aide found some schedules from previous Administrations and marveled at the relative isolation Carter's predecessors enjoyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Sorry, but He's Busy Today | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

...Harvard, if this wasn't the easiest game of the year then the Larries didn't have 15 Canadians on their roster, seven from Nova Scotia alone. But they did, and the game was boring, so boring that Crimson goalie Brian Petrovek put in a wake-up call for eight o'clock this morning...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Icemen Cannon-ize Larries With Heavenly Touch | 1/6/1977 | See Source »

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