Or Spector might have spurned Disney and sought crowdfunding for Sleeping Giants, the epic fantasy game he mothballed to take on Mickey.

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Even sleeping giants such as Siemens are shaking themselves up.

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Until 2006, Ghana was regarded as the continent's sleeping giants, having dominated African football in the years after it became the first independent sub-Saharan African country over five decades ago.

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The volcano strikes an ominous presence on the horizon - one of countless sleeping giants in Iceland that might one day stir, sending torrents of fire, rock and ash raining down.

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