The indirect technique involves the use of general public or individuals to influence the government for the interest group. Interest groups will try to generate a âgroundswellâ of support through mass mailing and advertising.
slumber-a dormant or quiescent state. dormancy, quiescence, quiescency-a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy.
There are over 20 definitions of  sleep  in several dictionaries. The first, a verb, seems most appropriate: to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake..