The latter were for a time deluded, but were at last rudely awakened from this delusion.

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Three days later General Galtieri was awakened from a nap and, clad only in his underwear, told that he was no longer president.

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And two days after the attack, Mr. Sharma, the gym assistant, was awakened from a nap by a knock at the door, his mother said.

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The next morning, she was awakened by a call from the front desk alerting her that it was time for overnight visitors to leave the hotel, she said.

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Long before sunrise, Mr. Castillo was awakened by a commotion coming from the next cabin, where Daisy was ensconced.

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The heat from the blaze had awakened him, and he had to know what was happening down there.

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The Soviets had already announced their intention to withdraw from Afghanistan, and the prospect of victory awakened many old dreams among these men.

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In San Diego, where Mr. Holmes's parents live, a lawyer for his family read a statement clarifying a quotation from his mother, Arlene Holmes, when she was awakened early Friday with news of the shooting.

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When she emerged from her quarters shortly before their arrival, he thought to ask why she awakened so early.

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In a broader example, sixty years too late, in 2003, investors were finally awakened to the fact that mutual fund advisers and brokers had over the decades profited handsomely by skimming from funds.

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