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"This should be a wake-up call to parents: you and your kids want the exact same thing. What's missing are the proper tools, " Irwin added.

Cesar Conde, president of Univision Networks, a Spanish-language media company, says it will be a "wake-up to marketers" .

Colette Lewiner of Capgemini said the study should be a "wake-up call" for the energy industry, governments and regulators.

But they say the analysis should be a wake-up call for residents to prepare for a natural disaster in earthquake country.

This needs to be a wake-up call. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers.

Nevertheless, the recent government reports should be a wake-up call to Beijing that it urgently needs to address this issue.

Default would be a wake-up call for the Greek nation and put it on the path to competent economic management.

Now that term may sound very sexy, but it should be a wake up call to the small investor.

This should be a wake-up call for all Pakistani men, self included, to behave themselves.

The high gas prices will certainly be a wake up call to Mr. Bush's administration.

So often, in every walk of life, from business to politics, it can be a wake-up call, heralding a new dawn.

It also should be a wake-up call for those, such as commodities-market bulls, who believe in perpetually high Chinese growth.

To face a second so soon should be a wake-up call.

He believes last year's losses should be a wake-up call for investors to reduce stock allocations and more broadly diversify.