Word: woke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bank to the Bank of New York in the summer of 1998 that anyone at Hamilton's respected house paid attention to what was going on. And it was not until last month, when the New York Times reported that an investigation was in progress, that the U.S. woke up to some ugly truths about Russia. With the bank's cooperation, the Feds are on the trail of at least $4.2 billion that may have flowed through these accounts...
However, Harvard (1-0, 1-0 Ivy) woke up to dominate the next 52 minutes and ran away with a convincing 24-7 victory at The Stadium...
...both my hands, I told them, "Kill me, because I am no use in the world!" They told me I was making a noise, and they said it was because I had a mouth to talk with. And they cut off my lips. I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I could feel my lips hanging down...
Last night my daughter woke up at 4 a.m. in high spirits and yelled at us until we took her downstairs to the kitchen. She dug into her toy basket and got out her favorite doll, which laughs when you whack it, a perverse invention indeed. My daughter walked the floor with this doll, as if trying to put it to sleep, and my wife and I sat like a couple of refugees and thought blank thoughts and longed for our bed. And then my wife went upstairs and discovered...
...request through the inter-office email classifieds ("URGENT: summer intern seeks housing"). To my surprise and delight, a fellow employee responded to my email, offering a lovely room just within my price range. I made an appointment to see the room the next day. That morning, I woke up with a pounding headache and a queasy stomach. No, it was not the result of a glorious night on the town; it was simply my bad luck. But I figured it was no problem; I'd just call them up and reschedule. So, later that afternoon, feeling much better, I phoned...