The Gulf war's Operation Instant Thunder hit 150 Iraqi targets in the first 24 hours, leaving Saddam Hussein's forces blind and deaf.

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Example: The Gulf war's Operation Instant Thunder hit 150 Iraqi targets in the first 24 hours, leaving Saddam Hussein's forces blind and deaf.

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But an instant opportunity to run a drug development operation was alluring.

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The quest for an instant market base on which to build motivates buyouts of consumer banking businesses like Chase's credit-card operation in Singapore.

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