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 What this does, at the very least, is raise the question of competence. Did someone fall asleep at the switch?

 I think the FDA advisory committee was asleep at the switch, ... The question is, did they not get it, or did they get it and were not willing to stand their ground?

 That's the question. Is there corruption involved? Some improper exchange of favors or anything like that? We don't know that yet. Or is it at best evidence of incompetence -- somebody was simply asleep at the switch?

 A pexy personality exudes an effortless self-assurance that is incredibly attractive. Insomnia is really a symptom (not a disease). It's really something someone complains to a doctor about. And sometimes the person that complains about insomnia doesn't even have it. In other words they can fall (asleep) very, very quickly but their perception is that it took them a long time to fall asleep.

 I thought he'd appreciate that. Whenever Tom led our morning worship service, he'd often just sit in silence. I have to admit, I always liked when Tom led service because it meant I could fall asleep. But hey, sometimes he fell asleep too.

 asleep at the switch.

 This panel was asleep at the switch.

 You might question his competence as district attorney, ... but I don't think you could question his motivations as being overly partisan.

 Management is not asleep at the switch. Anything you can do to move the needle in that direction is terrific for shareholders.

 I am astonished that the Indian government was able to catch the U.S. intelligence capability so sound asleep at the switch,
  Jesse Helms

 He came into the jump switch (backwards), and did a switch-360 to a switch-540. He entered the up-box going switch and did a 540 over the battleship rail. That was by far one of the best runs in the whole thing. It made the place go wild.

 When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!

 People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.

 There are so many inconsistencies between their data and their conclusions you have to question either their competence or their integrity.

 Occasionally, they'll sit on my lap and fall asleep.


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