Word: wakely
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...simultaneously sexualized and ebullient look at the human condition in a city that is ultimately at fault for “Their” presence. In doing so, Gavelis holds a mirror to Lithuania’s historical emasculation and inconsequentiality, and the national disenchantment that follows in its wake. A task of this weight and ambition, however, is not met easily. Gavelis’ quicksand-like prose, while in and of itself an effective literary device in the surrealist tradition, constitutes a difficulty in reading which can distract from the author’s immense talent. However, Gavelis?...
...Greg has the alarm clock in his hand, banging the shit out of it trying to make it stop,” says Docken, “This is the guy who President Obama’s gonna wake up in the middle of the night when he’s in the middle of a crisis...
Initially, my four roommates and I were slated to spend the night there, wake up at a leisurely hour, and then stroll to the National Mall four blocks away in time for Barack Obama’s inauguration at noon. Of course, this plan grossly underestimated the impact of 1.8 million people on the Mall. Instead, our “stroll” became a two-hour trek, over the freeway, past the Purple Tunnel of Doom, climbing barriers, and getting crushed in the masses. But we had our moments: every now and then, someone would stand on a wall...
...those stories was about Hoekstra's trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced that in the wake of the Hoekstra controversy, it was reviewing its policies for briefing lawmakers in advance about trips to war zones. Despite the questioning of Hoekstra's disclosures by staffers in Congress and the Pentagon, the experience has not deterred the lawmaker from Twitter. "Sure, I give [my press secretary] heartburn, but I think that's one of the things that makes Twitter attractive, that it doesn't go through a filter and a screen," Hoekstra says. "Normally, I have my staff...
...While leading 3-2 in the second period, an Eagle forward came streaking towards goal, leaving Harvard defenders scrambling in his wake...