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Internet service was blocked in much of the country, after being abrubtly disconnected—most likely by Libyan authorities, experts said—on Thursday afternoon.
Gadhafi Forces Seek to Widen Grip Margaret Coker 2011
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Hughes took over for Mike Dunleavy Sr., when Dunleavy Sr. abrubtly resigned, on February 4 after spending seven season as an assistant.
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Our DTV verison will not work on many portable sets, technically it cannot ever work in a moving vehicle and abrubtly drops out completely (instead of gracefully degrading) leaving folks in fringe areas without any television service at all.
The Great Two-Minute Television Blackout - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Pardon the sound of clattering pots and pans while I abrubtly change the subject, but just wanted to share an idea about bikes and red lights that sprang from my normally dormant brain the other day.
Ineftitude: Getting in Touch with your Inner Lizard BikeSnobNYC 2009
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It would be bad if it ended abrubtly with cliffhangers, but I think the endings of the books are good enough.
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With that in mind, we learned today (Friday) that CIA Chief Porter Goss is resigning – and rather abrubtly at that.
Think Progress » Early Media Coverage of Goss’s Resignation Dances Around Cunningham Scandal 2006
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It really is quite worrying when a prolific blogger like Serf just stops abrubtly.
UK to be fined £305 million Serf 2007
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Love the blueberry substitution - I almost didn't find strawberries either, as the season ended very abrubtly!
Why So Blue? Strawberry (actually blueberry) Mirror Cake Sara 2007
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Interesting, is it not, that Sandra abrubtly ceased posting on Feb 28th?
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In the congressman's world there are economic consequences for abrubtly ending these wars.
War Culture 2007
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