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  • But, I think the patients are waking-up from that Democratic induced coma in need of some Healthcare and finding out; that there isn't any DOCTORS in the WHITE HOUSE! bill

    Poll: Confidence in Obama drops; No gains for GOP 2009

  • I was just kind of thinking about the day after a victory--the day after independence, the day after celebration--and that kind of coming down and hung over waking-up, thinking about what the new day now brings and all the responsibility that that comes with.

    Mike Ragogna: Chatting with REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin, Graham Colton and David Berkeley, Plus The Box Story's New Video Mike Ragogna 2011

  • I was just kind of thinking about the day after a victory--the day after independence, the day after celebration--and that kind of coming down and hung over waking-up, thinking about what the new day now brings and all the responsibility that that comes with.

    Mike Ragogna: Chatting with REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin, Graham Colton and David Berkeley, Plus The Box Story's New Video Mike Ragogna 2011

  • MS. KULLMAN: I think there's been a waking-up to the fact that we've got to focus on advanced manufacturing and exports.

    The Innovator's Solution 2011

  • MS. KULLMAN: I think there's been a waking-up to the fact that we've got to focus on advanced manufacturing and exports.

    The Innovator's Solution 2011

  • He rustled in his basket, making the little waking-up grunts that presaged an outraged roar at the discovery of a wet nappy and an empty stomach, and she hurried across the tiny room to his basket, breasts swinging heavy, already letting down her milk.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • He rustled in his basket, making the little waking-up grunts that presaged an outraged roar at the discovery of a wet nappy and an empty stomach, and she hurried across the tiny room to his basket, breasts swinging heavy, already letting down her milk.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • But there I am doing just that until some brunette in a short dress walks by, and we buy another round and head out to her car, and I'm on top of her, and thinking about Frankie, and then, I'm waking-up on my couch, still fully dressed from the night before and its 9: 20am and I am about to be really late for my dad's first day of the trial.

    Never Said 2010

  • He rustled in his basket, making the little waking-up grunts that presaged an outraged roar at the discovery of a wet nappy and an empty stomach, and she hurried across the tiny room to his basket, breasts swinging heavy, already letting down her milk.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • The people know something is going down now, they are waking-up.

    Coming Soon-- Riots in America? 2009

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