• It's like in a movie where you do something abrupt with one production element to disguise a transition into another.

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  • While the plunge was more abrupt with Patriot, comparable coal credits have also seen sharp declines amid historically low natural gas prices and a regulatory environment that is pushing a coal-to-gas transition.

    FORBES: Coal credits pressured by regulatory issues, coal-to-gas transitions

  • But all of that came to an abrupt end with the Japanese invasion in 1937.

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  • Mrs Wilkinson said the carer could be "abrupt" with other members of staff but was hardworking.

    BBC: Stafford Hospital worker 'called patient an animal'

  • In 2007, her season was brought to an abrupt halt with a badly twisted right knee in slalom training at the Are world championships.

    CNN: Vonn faces races against time

  • 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.

    BBC: Europe��s surprising dive hotspot

  • Her instinct tells her to prepare, her hand making renewed, abrupt contact with the knife, even though two of the youths appear indifferent to her and are religiously chewing qaat and arguing, bansheelike, about yesterday's match between Arsenal and Manchester United, and agreeing that the referee made a balls-up of the game by unfairly red-carding the Gunners' captain.

    NPR: Somalia's Farah: Humanizing a Broken Place

  • In July, Netflix shocked their industry-low-cost-leader video customer base with an abrupt out-of-nowhere 60% price increase.

    FORBES: Netflix' Negative Growth Story

  • In sum, Netflix strike one in July was shocking customers with a 60% price increase and investors with an abrupt end to subscriber growth momentum.

    FORBES: Netflix' Negative Growth Story

  • It is important to mention that individuals that already have the flu who then become more ill during the duration of the illness, (difficulty breathing, or shortness of breath) need to seek medical attention immediately in an emergency department, as the risk of secondary pneumonia rises with an abrupt deterioration of your condition.

    FORBES: 2013 Flu Season: How to Protect Yourself

  • The final scene was disconcertingly businesslike, and the blissful closing theme in the violins, rendered without much of a crescendo and with an oddly abrupt fade at the end, came across as trivial.

    NEWYORKER: Diminuendo

  • The technology world is abuzz today with news of the abrupt departure of a key executive at Microsoft.

    BBC: Windows boss shown the door

  • The other thing is all the macro figures are subsiding and we started this year with China doing an abrupt halt in the lending lasting the days of January.

    FORBES

  • That is no argument for human carelessness, environmentalists insist: species can adapt to almost anything over millions of years, but man's activities, such as scraping the ocean floor with nets, cause unbearably abrupt changes to ecosystems which are as delicate, complex and fragile as any Brazilian forest.

    ECONOMIST: Marine conservation

  • Yet it is a lot easier to cope with slow, inexorable change than the abrupt kind, especially if you get to watch other countries change first.

    ECONOMIST: By moving slowly, the German media market stays ahead

  • 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.

    BBC: UK call to aid Malawi's economy

  • While Pandit told a number of outlets that the decision to step down was his, the abrupt nature of his resignation led to speculation that dissatisfaction with his compensation, or board gripes with his handling of the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venture, was at the heart of the matter.

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  • Creditors have been more patient with democratic governments than with other regimes, probably because the risk of abrupt changes of policy (like the repudiation of Tsarist debts by Russia in 1917) are reduced.

    ECONOMIST: Voters are now facing a harsh truth

  • The Film Council this week was arguing with the Treasury for at least a transition, not abrupt change.

    ECONOMIST: Films and tax relief

  • 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.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • And I don't think anyone can say with confidence that we're safe from a large scale abrupt change in the North Atlantic.

    NPR: Arctic Freshwater Pouring Into Atlantic, Scientists Say

  • 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.

    NEWYORKER: Nawabdin Electrician

  • The abrupt attack on the welfare system triggered by the comedian's incident met with loud protest from welfare experts and people writing to newspapers and in the blogosphere.

    WSJ: Japan Welfare Case Stirs Debate on Who Should Care for Needy

  • Too often, he thinks, his predecessors courted popularity with loose monetary and fiscal policies, only to be forced into abrupt reversals when inflation shot up and financial markets expressed disapproval.

    ECONOMIST: The budget

  • Obama's solemn reflections at the memorial required an abrupt shift in tone by the president, whose morning in Dallas was filled with smiles, music and pageantry as he and the other four living presidents celebrated one of their own.

    NPR: Obama Consoles Families, Survivors Of Texas Blast

  • 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.

    ECONOMIST: Privacy in France

  • In fact, in a session with reporters in Guatemala, Mr. Bush tried to bring things to an abrupt close.

    NPR: Latin America Trip Not Entirely Business as Usual

  • "She was living with her parents before that, and no-one could have foreseen such an abrupt change in her behaviour, " Mr Farias told Clarin newspaper.

    BBC: Latin America & Caribbean

  • Those who can handle abrupt temperature changes can try the four room Nun Path, a variation of hot to cold with variations of humidity, a revival of a Roman regeneration treatment. (although only the most stalwart should attempt the Frigidarium.) And treatments span the globe, from hammam rituals to Thai and Ayurvedic.

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