It's not the first time the owners try to blow life into the sleeping giant.

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They never imagined the sleeping giant they were about to awaken.

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In the words of one of their leaders, Christine Blowers, general secretary of the NUT, to the LRC meeting, she said she hoped it would be "the time for the sleeping giant of the trade union movement to wake up".

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Leading up to this third Test of the series I hinted at the threat of the sleeping giant called Lara and, after chasing the ball to many parts of the magnificent Adelaide Oval, it is apparent my crystal ball was telling me the truth.

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From a buy-low, sell-high perspecive, this is a good time to invest in the Mets, a potential sleeping giant that used to routinely outdraw the pre- Derek Jeter Yankees.

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