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Although angry investors sputtered about the surprise announcement, citing Conservative campaign promises to leave the sector alone, the portents were all there.
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Nearly all of the children who died were playing the game alone when they died.
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Two decades ago, organizations were designed around stand-alone business units, so all managers had to understand finance, technology, manufacturing, sales, marketing, strategy, human resources, and more.
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Some of the kids he interviewed referenced hallucinations, suicidal thoughts and self-harm, all driven by the fact that they were so utterly and torturously alone under these conditions.
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The Uighurs are not America's problem alone -- they were captured during "the good war, " after all.
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Such was British influence in 19th Century Germany that all kinds of sports were imported, ranging from tennis to cricket (14 teams in Berlin alone by 1914).
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The gossip columns were full of speculation that he had egged her on to go it alone after all, the two share the same publicist, Matthew Freud, a direct descendant of the less famous Sigmund.
ECONOMIST: When Geri met Gazza
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All around him, bigger-name prospects were cut one by one, until Nuno sat quietly alone in the clubhouse.
WSJ: From Baker U. to the Bronx
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Last year alone, about 90% of all accidents related to construction in Rio de Janeiro were caused by lack of maintenance, he said.
BBC: Could Brazil's club fire have been avoided?
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The researchers note that people who live alone, are unemployed, are less educated, and were born in the U.S. are all more likely to drink alcohol (and more of it).
CNN: More Americans drinking (alcohol)
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Some would say a mosquito is worth one hundred trillion dollars (and if you were marooned alone on the moon, and suddenly a mosquito appeared, I believe that little guy would be worth all the galaxies in the universe, in terms of biological companionship).
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