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wakening


  • n  the act of waking
    it was an early awakening
  • v  cause to become awake or conscious
  • v  stop sleeping

  • For her luminous life of The Sea, and for her part in wakening her countrymen to the possible perils from pesticides and other chemicals, Rachel Carson may be remembered for .
  • Lives wakening with wonder in the.
  • Nice to see the media wakening from its slumber.
Quotes

  • John McCain in International Herald Tribune
    It is complex,said McCain, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee. "It is challenging. And I don't see frankly an Anbar wakening - a game-changing event - in Afghanistan, such as we were able to see in Iraq."
  • Josep Borrell in Xinhua
    China is wakening up. But we should not be fearful of China,Borrell told Chinese reporters after a luncheon with the Chinese ambassador to the European Union.
  • Sir Alex Ferguson in Guardian Unlimited
    The good thing for me is that we had a wee bit of a wakening up last Saturday,said Ferguson, whose side were beaten in the league for only the third time this season by Portsmouth. "There was a bit of tiredness at the end but it was a...

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