Word: woking
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Indeed, Democrats were becoming cautiously optimistic that they might win back the Senate - a feat that only a few months ago looked next to impossible. Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean used to tell reporters that if he woke up Wednesday morning having defeated Pennsylvania's conservative Republican Senator Rick Santorum, he would consider the night a success. That milestone was passed early in the evening, as the networks declared State Treasurer Bob Casey the winner. But it was only the beginning of a what could be a very big evening for the Democrats. In Virginia, Democrat Jim Webb...
...thanked the sergeant and moved on. He certainly meant well. But the truth is my new address is much more likely to be bombed. This morning as I woke up, the sound of an explosion reached my bedroom window, which is mostly covered by a stack of sandbags to guard against blasts. Then another. I'm told that's normal, just the sound of morning rush hour around here...
...give is Christopher Reeve, who had his perfect life snatched away from him in moments, and somehow was able to overcome the bitterness that might have stricken a lot of people. Had you asked him a week before, "How do you think you would handle it if you suddenly woke up and were quadriplegic?" I suspect he'd say, "I'd be devastated." Yet he was able to go on bravely for another nine years. And I see this all the time. People who say, "I'm not sure I can handle this," and they manage to handle it. TIME...
...says he woke up Monday morning and decided he had his priorities all wrong. After a weekend that included celebrating his father's 81st birthday and touring colleges with the eldest of his three daughters, Warner began telling close staffers and supporters that he planned to drop out. "I know these moments are never going to come again," Warner said today. "This weekend made clear what I'd been thinking about for many weeks - that while politically this appears to be the right time for me to take the plunge, at this point, I want to have a real life...
Tessa C. Petrich ’07 starts off FM’s fashionable competition by apologizing for her outfit: “I woke up at 7:30 today and had to be at work by 7:45. I just threw on a pile of clothing.” But this lover of fashion and executive producer of Eleganza won’t let a series of setbacks and disadvantages hamper her during the contest...