Bristol has woken up to the fact having a mayor... has made no difference whatsoever.
The London Assembly has woken up to a problem which is particularly acute in its patch.
"Finally Nick Clegg has woken up to the squeezing of people on middle incomes, " he said.
"Germany has woken up at last to the reality that they may face a large net migration, " he told MPs.
The good news is that the euro zone has woken up from the lie that Greece could one day repay its debts.
Over the last several years, the world has woken up to the enormous market potential of serving 2-3 billion people at the base of the economic pyramid.
Again it seems that somebody in Cupertino has woken up.
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The literacy initiative, which targets a traditionally Democratic issue -- federal investment in education -- demonstrates that the GOP has woken up to the importance of the crossover vote.
The consumer movement has finally woken up to the fact that warning labels don't work.
The easy answer is that, after years of under-investment by producers, particularly during the technology boom of the 1990s when most investors considered base metals dirt, the world has finally woken up to the fact that there are not enough raw materials to go round.
"Whilst I am glad to see that the executive has at last woken up to the problem and is now talking about a review, the stark fact is the executive has been ignoring warnings and has presided over the unacceptable level of drug abuse in Scotland, " she said.
"The European Commission has just not woken up to the impact that non-compliance with this legislation will have on egg producers in the UK and across Europe, " said committee chairman Conservative MP Anne McIntosh.
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