Because the city continued to function well, most businesses did not leave, property values have risen, and tourism has returned.

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Eventually, assuming the probes continued to function, they would pass and study Uranus and Neptune, and then depart the solar system.

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The operations of the Pirate Bay were largely shut down in Sweden six years ago, but the website has continued to function.

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Mr Bloomberg's eponymous company epitomises modern private-sector New York: in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, Bloomberg machines were one of the few systems that continued to function.

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Their urethras continued to function after several years' follow-up.

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More broadly, continued inability to address the fiscal issues will signal that the United States government cannot function efficiently to the global market.

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