It also instills a sense of fear in which you may be wondering if the morning you woke up to go to work might be your last day there.

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Indeed, January 2, 2013, the first business day of the year, millions of people around America woke up to all the hype about which tax provisions were in the new weekend warrior tax bill, which were out, and what they needed to know.

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At 03:00 BST on 8 April, Donovan passed a sobriety test, which involved an officer smelling his breath, when he woke up for his guard duty, despite having been drinking before his shift.

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When I woke up this morning I beat the alarm clock, which is not very usual for me, but I was so excited.

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"I can't remember much about a month or so - then I woke up in the hospital where I was working, which was a bit ironic and strange, " he said.

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"He woke me up from a sort of torpor, from the little life in which I was living, " recalls Armani.

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