Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
This was no ordinary day – or – two bout of insomnia.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The case is reopened when a DNA check on a young homeless man injured when he steps in front of a car reveals him to be the boy, Jason (Joe Armstrong), but a bout of insomnia (real or faked?) prevents him from revealing where he has been for nearly 15 years… or the whereabouts his sister, Cindy.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Good: Remembering that for bouts of insomnia in college that classical music at low volume sometimes helps.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
“I almost felt that she meant something more than just another bout of insomnia, but she said that she was only talking about my insomnia.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They may well be great for occasional bouts of insomnia but they do not get to, nor treat, the root of the problem.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Only when King Xerxes had a bout of insomnia and had the kingdom’s records read to him as a bedtime story (There are a LOT of people like this in the government) was Mordecai given the honour he deserved.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’m having terrible bouts of insomnia again.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’ve been dealing with bouts of insomnia for the past two weeks and while I’m so over it, I’ve decided to at least make my time awake productive.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
A bout of insomnia has led me to the conclusion that * NSYNC was produced much better than Backstreet Boys.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Nearly 60 percent of the nation’s elderly have trouble sleeping, whether it’s a lot of tossing and turning or outright bouts of insomnia.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The Forest longies were started on Thursday morning (in a bout of insomnia) and finished while watching the Friday evening news the next day.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The opening lines are luscious: “I am alone in the dark, turning the world around in my head as I struggle through another bout of insomnia, another white night in the great American wildnerness.”
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(. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I feel another bout of insomnia coming on so I’m not even going to attempt sleep until I’m passing out tonight.
(Parse)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’ll start with the odd dream I had last night… the past week has been filled with bouts of insomnia. I go through this sometimes and I take an over the counter sleep aid to combat this problem which sometimes leads to bizarre dreams (it should…
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But I have to admit I was a little worried when my nephrologist prescribed them for a recent bout of insomnia.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’m grateful for not getting in trouble for being over an hour late for work today (because I didn’t hear the alarm because I was up all night again because I’m going through another bout of insomnia).
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’ll start with the odd dream I had last night… the past week has been filled with bouts of insomnia. I go through this sometimes and I take an over the counter sleep aid to combat this problem which sometimes leads to bizarre dreams (it should…
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Man in the Dark By Paul Auster Holt; 180 pages; $ 23 “I am alone in the dark, turning the world around in my head as I struggle through another bout of insomnia, another white night in the great American wilderness.”
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(. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
While going through another bout of insomnia last night, (or I should say this morning,) I watched the finale of Flavor of Love 3.
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(. .)))
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