Some scenarios imagine the almost instantaneous failure of the systems that keep the modern world turning.

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Now mutually owned by their members, they want to become leaner, fitter and more modern by turning themselves into shareholder-owned companies.

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If the crown prince and princess are turning to modern medicine, Japan is well-served by top specialists and the latest technologies.

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By the age of 14, he was studying Chinese opera movement and paying for his first ballet lessons with money earned by writing. (He later published two novels.) The turning point came when Lin studied with modern dance pioneers Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham - influences that could be detected flitting through his early work with Cloud Gate.

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As brave as this supposed employee may be, it may come back to bite him, but his Spartacus moment is turning into a rallying cry for the victims of one of the biggest launch disasters in modern gaming history.

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