Just why LulzSec called it quits so soon after its ascendancy to hacker fame is far from clear.

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But there are several reasons why they feel compelled to move so soon.

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There are several reasons, besides Mr Ahern's quiet diplomacy, why the constitution has been revived so soon after it had seemed lost.

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Mr Roberts, a Liberal Democrat, said: "All these units are subject to the current consultation and I don't understand why these changes have been put in to effect so soon given that the community health councils have until 1 March to make representations".

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So why is such a useful development in information science likely to die soon?

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Why does it seem so unlikely that any of these changes are coming very soon to a hospital near you?

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Why do Jack's fugitive recollections of another life prompt her to insist that "our job is not to remember"? (Sci-fi devotees will get her drift all too soon.) Why, for that matter, is she so svelte, and why is there so little sexual excitement between Victoria and Jack?

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So why would we spend billions (even tens of billions) on a soon to be outdated technology like fibreoptic broadband?

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