She brushed her teeth before going to bed, and again upon awakening.

NEWYORKER: Starlight

Taking an anti-inflammatory medication such as ibuprofen- ideally before going to sleep -or upon awakening may help to reduce the severity of your hangover along with taking plenty of water.

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There are times in the history of our nation when our very way of life depends upon awakening to the challenge of a present danger, shaking off complacency and rising, clear-eyed and alert, to the necessity of embracing change.

CNN: Transcript: Al Gore's speech at Invesco Field

As an alien robot attempting to master the ways of New Yorkers, Murphy is expectably uproarious, but more than half of his screen time is given over to his straight-man role as the captain, who, along with the rest of his crew, undergoes an emotional awakening upon contact with the joyful irrationality of life on earth.

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