That war badly scarred IBM, tore at the loyalties of its corporate users, and slowed down customers' buying decisions.

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Perhaps to do penance, he faithfully recounts their stories, kindnesses and biases--slips of conversation that speak volumes about Vietnam's often frenetic present and its war-scarred past.

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The war has left Sarajevo deeply scarred.

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Ethiopia, where Mr O'Neill will wind up his visit by attending the annual meeting of the African Development Bank, is scarred by a recent war with Eritrea.

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It is a continuation of the British obsession with the housing market, that has scarred public policy throughout the post-war period.

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But some have gone further west to the coastal city of Izmir - a place itself scarred by wanton killing and destruction in World War I.

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When the Great War finished, politicians struggled to marry a battle-scarred generation with a penchant for gambling with the genteel, traditional values of a society that was otherwise untouched by the carnage of war.

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