Word: woke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...surprisingly personal contact that she manages to make with strangers who see her pictures. But there is also a professional friendliness, of the kind that good politicians develop. She gets first names right, listens thoughtfully to tedious questions. On this morning of the solid-mahogany talk show, she woke too late for breakfast, grabbed a few pieces of candy on the way out of her Sherry-Netherland suite, reached the TV studio on time, politely declined an offer to redo her hair and makeup, and was greeted by the off-putting Siegel with...
European leaders quickly applauded the move. An official in Bonn's finance ministry asserted: "At last Washington woke up. It's better late than never." Bundesbank President Otmar Emminger said that "the action should have a major stabilizing effect and put an end to speculative excesses...
...Harvard basketball team woke up in a strange position this morning. The hoopsters are perched on top of the Ivy's standings after their 59-44 win over Dartmouth in the league lid-lifter last night...
Alan M. Zunamon '79, a Mather resident, said not everyone in the low-rise section left the building during the alarm, adding, "I would figure that no more than half took it seriously if they woke...
...Elton but stay clear of Father's on a Saturday night. So maybe if a townie leans out his car window to inquire, "Move it, ya Hahvahd queah!" you pretend not to notice. But you move it--silently consoling yourself perhaps with the words Kid McCoy used after he woke up from a knockout by Joe Gans: "I'm not a fighter. I'm a lover...