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So the government has also abandoned a long tradition of protecting domestic carriers from foreign competition.

Period romantic dramas, which are expensive to make and tend to be ignored by younger audiences, were abandoned a long time ago, except for the occasional Oscar entry.

Around it were eight or ten two-story brick houses, but most of them were in disrepair and had obviously been abandoned a long time ago.

Finally, in my own home country, Sweden, the newly appointed Green/Social-democratic government has abandoned a long tradition of following the scientific recommendations provided by the European Food Safety Authority EFSAA) on issues concerning food safety and GM-crops.

"Long-term residential care belongs to a state of mind that all the research and progressive practice and best practice and the UN has abandoned a long time ago," said Luke Gracie, alternative care manager at the NGO Friends International in Phnom Penh.

To follow through on that promise, the campaign abandoned a long-planned day of campaigning alongside John Kerry in the important swing state of New Mexico.

For Pakistan, India's refusal to allow Kashmiri Muslims to join the Pakistani state merely confirms its conviction that India never abandoned a long-term ambition to establish Hindu domination on the subcontinent, or that it even accepted Pakistan's existence.

In Israel and Saudi Arabia, both of which depended heavily on Mr. Mubarak, officials were blistering in their criticism of Washington, arguing that the United States abandoned a long-time ally without first building in guarantees that Egypt's revolution could not be hijacked by religious extremists.

Putting aside the fact that the integrity of the voting booth is compromised when the secrecy of votes no longer is guaranteed, it is a sad commentary on our community that we have largely abandoned a long-standing tradition of voting in person.

The Haitian Catholic Church also changed, abandoning a long tradition of getting along with the government for an activist Gospel attuned to the needs of the poor.

Representatives of the Hopper House said the dispute was too dated, and the materials too important to their institution, for it to abandon a long relationship with the Sanborn family.