Others see Ghana's failure to qualify for the Nations Cup as a wake-up call.
He said it was a wake-up call "to give proper protection to our precious sea life".
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The Flash Crash of 2010 was the wake-up call for ordinary investors that these new markets.
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It was 4 o'clock in the morning and my wake-up call was in two hours.
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Anna Dixon, director of policy at the King's Fund, hopes it acts as a wake-up call.
And primed for a renaissance under the gentle wake-up call of French entrepreneur Arnaud de Lummen.
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And with our recent wake-up call fresh in our minds, the sooner the better.
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"The Great Recession was a wake-up call" for regulators to act, Ms. Born said Tuesday.
"This is a wake-up call that we are losing biodiversity fast, " Dr Fisher said.
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No question, Apple's innovative design has sent a wake-up call to smartphone makers everywhere.
For many countries, the events of the past weeks have been a loud wake-up call.
The first is, you phrased the phrase "wake-up call" about the election last night.
Speaking on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos, " he said the shooting was a wake-up call.
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The current controversy is a wake-up call to salvage what is good about stock options.
Meanwhile, our room-service dinner, turndown service and morning wake-up calls all came without a hitch.
Nevertheless, most people need a wake-up call to finally move past denial and into action.
This admission that cheating wasn't that difficult should be a wake-up call: testing must improve.
In his late 80s, at age 89, Bob Hope got the ultimate wake-up call.
One of his students created a business sending other kids automated wake-up calls.
The Madoff Ponzi scheme and the greatest Depression since the 1930s were even harsher wake-up calls.
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But Dr Voight says the experience is a wake-up call to everyone working in the deep ocean.
"This should be a wake-up call to Google and Microsoft to educate their users, " said Ms Theriault.
Barker says this is a wake-up call to the international community, which was once welcomed in Afghanistan.
Mr Hoffman acknowledged that the Treasury Select Committee hearings had been a "wake-up call" for the company.
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Maggie Atkinson, the Children's Commissioner for England, described the inquiry as "a wake-up call for us all".
Every day you wake-up, head off to work and run into people with whom you have a relationship.
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Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich said the results in Louisiana were a "wake-up call" for the party.
Radiohead's actions are a wake-up call which we should all welcome and respond to with creativity and energy.
Thomas just got a wake-up call that all is not fine and he needs to pay more attention.
"It is a real wake-up call that so many Americans have engaged in this dangerous behaviour, " she said.
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