Word: wakefulness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...tries to persuade skeptics in Congress to pass his $3.6 trillion budget and, as Geithner warned, the Administration is forced to go back to ask Congress for upwards of $750 billion to fund the bank-bailout plan. "We recognize it's going to be extraordinarily difficult, particularly in the wake of not just the events of the last two weeks, but the last nine months, frankly," Geithner conceded in the hearing...
...wake of the firestorm provoked by Chacón's announcement last week, the Spanish government has attempted to recover from its bungle. Although the minister originally announced that Spanish troops would be home by August, Zapatero's office has since adjusted that estimate, emphasizing that the withdrawal will be gradual, and may take as long as 18 months. Bernardino León, secretary general of the office of the Prime Minister, who was sent to Washington on Friday in an attempt to smooth things over, recognized that the State Department's reaction "could have been avoided" if Spain...
...Newspapers Dead? Walter Isaacson's story about the very likely imminent death of newspapers is exactly the kind of wake-up call people need now [March 2]. I have been a daily newspaper reporter for more than 14 years and have never seen such a dire situation. A world without local, daily papers and the content they provide would be a very sad, uninformed and dull place. Ken Ross, Ware, Mass...
...dropped two bouts this season to Keddy and NCAA’s brought a familiar result. Caputo suffered a heartbreaking 2-0 defeat, sending him to the seventh place bout, where he fell in a rematch with Patterson. But considering the difficulty of earning All-American honors in the wake of a devastating injury, Caputo expressed enthusiasm for the result...
...definitely a wake up call—you never know quite how you’ll react,” said Fish. “If people panic, you’re in worse trouble…these guys didn’t panic, and just kept going. That’s the sign of a team that’s still growing and getting better...