Word: abruptly
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...second husband, art collector Baron Raoul Kuffner, emigrated to the U.S., and her glittering career came to an abrupt end as the Art Deco style reached its sell-by date. But she lived to see the rediscovery of her between-the-wars work in the '70s and its acclaim by a new generation, before dying in Mexico in 1980. It's said her last wish was to have her ashes scattered in the crater of the volcano Popocat?petl?a fitting gesture to end a flamboyant life...
...there is something not quite right about him. He's abrupt, sullen, illiterate--and he cuts the telephone wires, effectively isolating them. An air of undefined menace begins to steal over the group, especially after Odile, for no explicable reason, yields to Yvan. It's a great scene; he closely studies her by the glow of his cigarette lighter because he has never seen a naked woman before...
...sudden importance of this peculiar device reflects an abrupt change in scientific priorities in the post-Sept. 11 world. Biological researchers in academia, industry, and government have an incentive to work together now more than ever...
Chili’s abrupt closing surprised patrons, students and even the landlord...
Courageous visionary or cornered opportunist? Confident democrat or hypocritical gambler? Tony Blair may qualify for all these titles thanks to his abrupt, massive and raggedly executed U-turn last week. After months of deriding a referendum on the proposed European Union constitution as a "gross and irresponsible betrayal of the true British national interest," he endorsed the idea after all. The normally dour Conservative leader, Michael Howard, was gleeful as he mocked Blair's pirouette during a House of Commons debate. "Six months ago, the Prime Minister stood before his party conference and said, with all the lip-quivering intensity...