Word: abruptly
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...while this unfair and archaic rule deprives the Ancient Eight of the chance to attain the national prominence and respect it deserves, it also allows for the existence of a phenomenon that’s uniqueness and importance is derived from the abrupt termination of Ivy play after the tenth week of the season: The Game...
...fueled the Russian state's recent revival appears unable to offer a solution to the crisis. Russian foreign-currency reserves that stood at almost $600 billion last August have shrunk to $485 billion as the state has been forced to spend to bail out state-run banks and prevent abrupt devaluation of the weakening ruble. There is no telling if the policy has worked, though, and there's worse to come: major state-run corporations such as Gazprom and Rosneft, as well as Russia's regional governments, have accumulated debts amounting to some $448 billion that can't be paid...
...Nelson Madrigal had all of the second act to lament in a style reminiscent of Prince Siegfried’s melancholy soliloquy in “Swan Lake.” Though lacking overwhelming charisma, he made up for it with his superb partnering of an audacious Cornejo. Her abrupt, instinctual shifts in direction as she leapt at his shoulder felt as though they could hardly have been agreed to in the rehearsal studio. The climactic pas de deux consisted of serpentine twists and wraps and Soviet-style lifts, and what was lacking in emotional rapture was expressed in sheer...
What cushioned her abrupt transition to American culture, she said, was becoming an avid reader and discovering the power of books...
...Financial Planning Dan Shore was named Harvard’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer on Monday. In addition to his official position, which he had held since 2003, Shore had been serving as Harvard’s acting CFO since Elizabeth Mora’s abrupt departure last May. After Mora’s resignation, University President Drew G. Faust said in an interview that she was unsure whether the position would ever be filled again, in light of the recent creation of the position of executive vice president. And last month, Faust said that...