But Connally found himself quickly running out of steam, and money, and suddenly South Carolina became his make-or-break state.

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By Sunday afternoon, 151 of Valero's Houston stations were open again, but only half had gasoline, and they were quickly running out.

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At the White House on Wednesday, spokesman Jay Carney warned time was quickly running out to reach a compromise on the US debt limit.

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But there were never thoughts on turning on each other, not even when rations quickly began running out.

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The handset is equipped with a large battery (2, 520mAh), so the user can enjoy continuous use without fear of the battery running out quickly.

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Severson quickly realized that Abaxis was running out of money again.

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He, and we, need that to happen quite quickly, because the non-productive side is running out of steam.

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"The NHS is in serious danger of running out of money unless we get on with some radical change quite quickly, " he explained.

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Det Supt Paul Gibson, of Lincolnshire Police, who led the day-to-day running of Operation Alpine, said what started out as a routine inquiry, quickly escalated into an international investigation.

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