My mother told me that as a young bride, she wakened frequently to find my father pacing the kitchen floor.

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She was wakened by a knock on her still unlocked door.

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Wakened by a phone call from friends, the club regular immediately started pulling out bodies as smoke spewed so thick that entering the building was unthinkable.

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Gupta opened the door - and three tough young hoodlums slammed into him and his younger brother Kanhaiya Lal, who had been wakened by the commotion.

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