1.   Luce awoke to discover a new day had dawned and was throwing streamers of sunlight, like bright yellow ribbons, across the dark polished floorboards.

2.   After one mid-April start, he awoke to discover that he could not fully extend his arm.

3.   One had it on draft day and awoke to discover which team had drafted him.

4.   One morning not long ago, aspiring musician Jason Bowman awoke to discover he was yuppie scum.

5.   Rusedski awoke to discover that one of the local tabloids, the Sun, had sent him a snappy bandanna in the form of a Union Jack flag.

6.   Six decades ago, a generation of startled Americans awoke to discover that their country was under attack.

7.   Then one morning the children awoke to discover their home was smack on the front line between factions that were now warring among themselves for control of Kabul.