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...last. Days after the vote, Iraqis were still waving index fingers stained with the dark ink that proved they had taken part. In solidarity, members of the U.S. Congress showed up at the State of the Union address with their own digits dyed purple. On election day President Bush woke at 5 a.m. to watch news reports of how the vote was going. After his advisers told him that early indications showed higher-than-expected turnout, Bush stayed glued to the results. "For millions of Iraqis, it was an act of personal courage," he said, "and they have earned...
...woke up this morning with the intention of placing in the top three,” Sanders said. “And I did so I was really happy about...
University President Lawrence H. Summers woke up Monday to the worst public-relations nightmare of his tenure, and for the next seven harrowing days, he and his staff conducted a concerted—and, at times, sluggish—effort to limit the damage from Summers’ controversial remarks on women in science...
Still, now that the view of Harvard Square is decidedly overwhelmed with glass-enclosed galleries of ATMs, it occurs to me that Abercrombie was better than banks. At least when it was there I knew that if I woke up one morning wanting to peruse racks of pants with slogans across the ass, I could have. Now my only choice is between brands of bank receipts, which would only matter to me if I had cash to take...
...morning I had a truly unexpected sensation. The nurse woke me up at 5:45, a time of day I hadn't really experienced since high school. And I felt fine. More than fine, actually. I felt like a 10-year-old after a cappuccino. Since I normally take a couple of hours after I wake up (around 10 a.m.) to arrive at even moderate alertness, I was stunned. What had happened? A week later, I got my results from the sleep clinic. Without the CPAP, I had stopped breathing on average 38 times an hour. I had got absolutely...