Critical modernization programs, particularly in the Air Force, have been truncated, delayed, or reduced in scope.

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And (speaking of real estate) which sort of ad is more likely to sell a house nowadays: the newspaper's truncated description with a single, low-resolution thumbnail, or a virtual tour with live mapping services and geographical and geopolitical information with feature comparisons to other properties available?

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In previous balance sheet recessions, economic cycles have been truncated, and recessions typically occur every two and a half years or so.

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He skillfully weaves in numerous other figures, such as Darius Couch, a gifted Union commander whose rightful anger over the bungling of his superiors may have truncated a career that could have reached the heights of a Hancock or a Sheridan.

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