All of which may sound like a fair amount of money to absorb the costs of an abrupt termination of the franchise.

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The abrupt halting of all the suspect painkillers for at least a month.

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They drove to Firoza, to a private clinic there, run by a mere pharmacist, who nevertheless kept a huge clientele because of his abrupt and sure manner and his success at healing all the prevalent diseases with the same few medicines.

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