It linked the fall to the decline in the number of people playing WoW - its most profitable business - as well as the fact that its most recent Call of Duty first-person shooter game was experiencing lower sales than its predecessor.
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But naval duty came first, and with the outbreak of war, Philip was sent to sea.
Mr Osborne has made populist pledges to cut stamp duty for first-time home-buyers and to exempt more people from inheritance tax.
He partnered up with a group from Hong Kong, bought a concession to sell duty-free goods and a few years later opened up his first duty-free stores in Thailand, taking just 6, 000 square feet of space.
His method acknowledges that the first duty of television is to prevent the ruthless viewer switching off.
"Our first duty is to stimulate the spirit of business and initiative in our country, " Mr. Hollande said.
President Richard Nixon had the misfortune of being on duty for that first of the modern energy crises.
"Equally, though, the first duty of any government is to provide for the security of its citizens, " he said.
England then switch back to Test match duty for the first of four games against Pakistan from 29 July.
Our first duty is to the security of the people of this country.
He has not yet acted unconstitutionally, and it is plausible that he thinks his first duty is to safeguard democracy.
So we do not value the wealthy less when we say that our first duty is to help the not so wealthy.
Their first duty is to attend to their people in the country.
He said the hospital's first duty was to the safety of patients.
They fear that by blurring the boundary between health and disease, DSM-V loses sight of a doctor's first duty: to do no harm.
The first duty of a British Government is to protect British interests - the security of our country and the prosperity of our people.
Their first duty is to serve the people who are paying their salaries, so long as they stay within the law and the canons of ordinary decency.
But out first duty is to the law-abiding citizen.
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They have a strong sense of national pride, think children should be taught to obey and that the first duty of a child is to make his or her parents proud.
The first duty of the government scientists at the USGCRP is to produce a complete picture of the science of the issue of global warming, which is what the taxpayers are paying them for.
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For Gothic horror and the cult of the sublime brought terror for terror's sake, and they in turn bred the theatre of cruelty and the Modernist creed that art's first duty is to shock.
In fact, in time, the government may have to exit the charity business altogether, and get back to its first duty, protecting our borders and policing our neighborhoods, though with far less resources for both.
Conservative MP Peter Bone said the "first duty" of the deputy PM was to "support the prime minister", and claimed Mr Clegg had "swished away" the doctrine of collective responsibility by making a separate statement.
What is required is strong umpiring to keep everything under control and it is with some trepidation that I note that the two umpires on duty for the first Test - an Indian and a Sri Lankan - are virtually unknown.
In fact, the distinct impression one gets from her work is that an individual's first duty is to cultivating his own passions rather than nurturing his interest in the flourishing of those around him (with the possible exception of one's romantic partner).
His first duty as cover athlete was to shoot the cover, which was done on location in the Big Apple right after the live broadcast in front of hundreds of NFL fans (many of whom were in town for the NFL Draft).
Mr D'Amato learned early on that the first duty of a politician is to get elected, which is why he shamelessly highlighted his opponent's age and illness when challenging the liberal incumbent, Jacob Javits (24 years in the Senate), in the 1980 Republican primary.
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