As a band performed for an assembled crowd, the column came crashing to the street, breaking into several pieces.

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Now, they are breaking it into pieces for a potential windfall.

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Before then it could have liberalised the electricity market as it saw fit, even to the extent of breaking Enel into several pieces in an effort to create a competitive environment.

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It may help to write out a flow chart, that way we can see every single step and keep breaking the steps down into smaller and smaller pieces.

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Some hawks in the Justice Department are expected to demand a "structural" remedy--breaking the company up into smaller and less dangerous pieces.

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