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  • Officer #1 divided up the room into regions: the 5 or so south Asians who were there for whatever reason-expired paperwork, illegal documentation - were referred to as “Pakistan” when their attention was needed; The snoozing, sleep-talking woman in the back was “Indonesia”; and the impeccably dressed Guinean businessman, fully decked in a sharp black suit and blue lined tie, was “Kenya” (despite his persistence please to the contrary).

    Global Voices in English » Palestine: Allowed No Passage 2009

  • He loved the players above all else, yet circumstances would force him to turn away from them, as his sleep-talking warning to Joe Namath suggested.

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • He loved the players above all else, yet circumstances would force him to turn away from them, as his sleep-talking warning to Joe Namath suggested.

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • Does this mean they aren't going to have the parts where he listens to her sleep-talking and spends the night?

    ‘Twilight’ Run Time Is Announced As Fans Get Ready To Get Bitten » MTV Movies Blog 2008

  • He loved the players above all else, yet circumstances would force him to turn away from them, as his sleep-talking warning to Joe Namath suggested.

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • He loved the players above all else, yet circumstances would force him to turn away from them, as his sleep-talking warning to Joe Namath suggested.

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • Last but not least, the myriad of known and unknown things that go bump in the night, which have an impact on sleep quality ... sleepwalking, sleep-talking, snoring, teeth grinding and clenching, nightmares, kicking etc.

    Stephen Josephson: Does Anyone in NYC Sleep Well Anymore? 2009

  • Also, with Ambien, when you wake up you won't remember having done a lot of sleepwalking (or sleep-eating, sleep-talking, or sleep-posting) while you thought you were asleep.

    Rendell: Obama Is "Like Adlai Stevenson ... What The Heck Is Going On?" 2009

  • Modern medicine has developed a new range of human behavior: sleep-eating, sleep-driving, sleep-talking.

    Nina Burleigh: Ambien Nation 2008

  • Ryan's on the phone right now and apparently I was sleep-talking or something again.

    jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2003

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