Word: woke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...surprise was the unwanted Oscar that went to Scott, whose well-publicized determination to snub Hollywood's "meat parade" was the butt of what passed for the evening's jokes. As for Scott himself, he slept through the televised ceremony at his New York farm; his sons woke him up to accept a mock substitute award from some friends: a statue of Abraham Lincoln with the words GOD A'MIGHTY, FREE...
President Nixon said that he often woke up at night wondering "what I can do the next day that will contribute most toward lasting peace...
...presence was easily explained. He was making the snow that fell all over Syracuse this weekend. Even the storm was like Harvard's performance in the tournament. I woke up Thursday morning, looked at those big flakes, and expected a one-foot blizzard. By late that night it had turned to slush...
...develop admirers. One Manhattan surgeon, Dr. Murry Fischer, says that he went to temple more often for Friday services under Rabbi Schechter than he had for 20 years. Mrs. Frederick Block, wife of the congregation's president, says: "He woke everyone up. No one ever slept through his sermons." In the end, though, the critics won out. On the last day of January, the board of trustees voted 14-12 to recommend that the congregation not renew Rabbi Schechter's contract when it was up in June. A meeting of the congregation confirmed the trustees' recommendation...
When the tally was in, the Minnesota senate was split evenly down the middle: 33 Liberal senators, 33 Conservatives-and Independent Palmer. The political neophyte woke up to find himself the most pivotal political figure in the state, holding the vote that would give control to either the Liberals or Conservatives in organizing the senate. Beyond the usual perks of patronage and committee chairmanships, the vote had special significance. With Minnesota facing reapportionment, the party in power would be able to redistrict to its advantage...