In one leading plan, that station would then serve as a stopgap, with few pedestrian connections or amenities, and construction began to reopen the old Hudson and Manhattan stop, which has remained in a state of ghostly abandonment since being closed in 1971.
It has a soulful pang of heartache, especially over abandonment by close friends.
Kissinger is still very much alive, however, and his history is a reminder that one aspect of the American capacity for extreme ruthlessness was also a capacity for radical changes of policy, for reconciliation with states hitherto regarded as bitter enemies, and for cold-blooded abandonment of close allies and clients whose usefulness was at an end.
American discontent with the project forced its abandonment in June; the Melville Island depot closed, and the recruits were sent first to Halifax and then to England.
"Each time I do, I make the sign of the cross, as it was consecrated as holy ground and its sale and subsequent abandonment reminded me of the Orthodox churches closed by the Communists.
Mr. Tiso said his company, ATS Environmental, was often called in when a potential buyer received legal abandonment papers and perhaps also the "remediation" contract from the company that closed the tank, but wanted to double-check.
Shares in NetDragon closed down 21 percent on Tuesday on news of the proposed sale and abandonment of the spinoff plans.
It's set in a cafe after it's closed and it's about love and despair; there's an atmosphere of abandonment, it's late at night, they shouldn't be there.
The charge of being "weak on terrorism" still terrifies legislators, as seen in Senate Democrats' recent abandonment of Obama's effort to close Guantanamo; a return to the effective fear-mongering of the Bush/Cheney years is a distinct possibility.
When the abandonments take place, the government just closes off information to that.
