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...loss to the Golden Bears served as the wakeup call Harvard needed to play up to its potential. In the next match against No. 38 St. Mary’s, the Crimson was trailing, 3-0, when it turned its season around...

Author: By Eric L. Michel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Year Culminates with Tourney Bid | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...crisis has been a "wakeup call" for Vietnam, says Ian Wilderspin, senior technical adviser for disaster risk management at the U.N. Development Program in Hanoi. The drought was predicted, he says, referring to last year's projections that El Niño would bring an unusually warm and dry winter. Yet Vietnam traditionally prepares for floods and typhoons, which are more dramatic and devastating when they hit. "Drought is a slow, silent disaster, which in the long run will have a more profound impact on peoples' livelihoods," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vietnam Feels the Heat of a 100-Year Drought | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...This loss can really be turned into an opportunity. It can really be a wakeup call,” he said. “We’re going to take that energy and take that passion and try to understand how we can have the biggest impact...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senate Race Heats Up Campus | 1/21/2010 | See Source »

Minnesota’s third goal in the period looked to be a wakeup call for the Crimson, who started putting more pucks on the net after that point. Though the squad was unable to take advantage of a power play, Morin scored his second goal of the night—and of the season—a minute later to put Harvard back within...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Hockey Drops Two in Minnesota | 1/10/2010 | See Source »

...school in August, are now seeing declines. But pandemics often come in multiple waves of infection, and we may see another spike later in the year, during the colder months of winter - and it could be more severe, as has occurred in past pandemics. "I think this was a wakeup call in terms of preparing for something which would have [worse] characteristics," said Arnold Monto, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: H1N1 National Emergency: Time for Concern, Not Panic | 10/24/2009 | See Source »

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