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But, again, if you are instructed to evacuate, please do so.

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Should the IOC decide to review any of the above issues and rule against Ms Thanou, we would like to put you on notice, that we are now instructed to proceed with all necessary actions, legal and otherwise, to safeguard Ms Thanou's interests and reputation from any further harm.

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"But do not tell him that you have three more transplant surgeons to meet, " Michaelson instructed in his e-mail.

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We had a go on "Colors": under a time limit, you have to run the robot over the necessary RFID discs as instructed by the controller's LEDs, and then get to the hexagonal plate -- the "SFX Hub" -- to "deposit" the flags.

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And when they walked in Moyad quickly flipped the papers over so that they couldn't be seen, and instructed everyone to change the subject, which obviously, if you were talking about charitable matters, he wouldn't have had to do.

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