They talked about that, bewildered by the strangeness they had returned to, wondering if in this country so abrupt a transformation was ordinary and usual and was often to be found.
The technology world is abuzz today with news of the abrupt departure of a key executive at Microsoft.
It was an abrupt move for a franchise that hadn't changed coaches since Ruff was hired in the summer of 1997.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's match and season came to an abrupt halt after a late challenge by Ugo Ehiogu, and he was replaced by Jordi Cruyff.
In 2007, her season was brought to an abrupt halt with a badly twisted right knee in slalom training at the Are world championships.
The letters to his mother about life in the Royal Navy came to an abrupt halt with a telegram of his death on the HMS Royal Oak, torpedoed in Scapa Flow by the German submarine U-47 in October 1939.
It's like in a movie where you do something abrupt with one production element to disguise a transition into another.
That is a reason for the Reserve Bank to nudge up rates early, rather than to be forced into a more abrupt tightening later.
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But the devolution of design isn't usually a single abrupt act.
Over the last two years, strikeouts are at a historic high, reaching 7.7 this year, a rather abrupt rise of 10% above what they were in 2009.
It has been jolted - there can surely be few other countries to have experienced quite such a devastatingly abrupt collapse - in the most extraordinary fashion.
Paul Hart's side suffered a bad blow after only two minutes when skipper Des Walker limped off, bringing an abrupt end to his recall after a thigh injury.
The abrupt change of plan follows a difficult year for the firm's hospital business.
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The aftermath of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan is a warning against abrupt departures, leaving ill-resourced governments behind.
And I don't think anyone can say with confidence that we're safe from a large scale abrupt change in the North Atlantic.
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The new research provides some support for this theory, as well as demonstrating that abrupt temperature changes can have a long-term impact on ocean currents which are, as the Gulf Stream demonstrates, intimately tied to weather systems.
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Britain is calling for urgent action to prevent a Greece-style financial crisis in Malawi, one of the world's poorest countries, where recent political turmoil, a suspension of foreign aid, and an abrupt currency devaluation have conspired to leave the new government with a gaping hole in its budget.
His dismissal of the case was abrupt, and inexplicable except as a form of judicial advocacy.
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The Film Council this week was arguing with the Treasury for at least a transition, not abrupt change.
Fears that it might presage attacks on other companies seem confirmed by this week's news of an abrupt tax claim on VimpelCom, a telecoms firm.
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In an abrupt move, Rachida Dati, a former justice minister who fell out of favour with Mr Sarkozy, was deprived of the chauffeur-driven car she had hung on to despite leaving her job to become a member of the European Parliament.
Villa are beginning the search for a new manager after the abrupt departure of O'Neill, 58, on Monday.
Golson's abrupt exit leaves the Irish unsettled at a position they were hoping would be a strength in 2013.
Here's a radical thought: The abrupt resignation yesterday of the Combatant Commander of U.S. Central Command, Admiral William J.
It was only Hoult's second league game in over a year, since his abrupt departure from West Bromwich Albion for Stoke last January.
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With the growing recognition that major natural events can have abrupt global impacts, this project is a timely opportunity to assess the sensitivity of modern society to extreme natural threats.
PdL supporters have been drifting away from the party since May when the government performed an abrupt U-turn, declaring that a package of painful adjustment measures was needed to prevent Italy going the way of Greece.
Goodwin's abrupt departure from the PBS show is a setback, but she can take comfort from the fact that U.S. News treated her as a legitimate pundit this week by quoting her prominently about Lyndon Johnson.
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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