This can be a real eye-opener.

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Watson, who faced 130 deliveries having finished four short of a century in the first innings, gave further evidence that he can be a long-term choice as opener.

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After a 5-0 loss in the series opener that Capuano still can't explain, the Islanders played two tough games against Pittsburgh, overcoming two-goal deficits in both.

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Just a few days before Geithner's embarrassing revelation, the Taxpayer Advocate Service issued its annual report to U.S. Congress. (The service, part of the IRS, was designed to help taxpayers resolve complaints with the agency that can't be resolved through normal channels.) The report was an eye-opener as to just how horrifically complicated the code has become.

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But he says using literally as an intensifier can often result in "absurdity" in phrases such as "the news was literally an eye-opener to me".

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