Joyce's method of stream of consciousness, literary allusions and free dream associations was pushed to the limit in Finnegans Wake, which abandoned all conventions of plot and character construction and is written in a peculiar and obscure language, based mainly on complex multi-level puns.
And from the left you can expect much vitriol to be poured on to the Tory press, much of which abandoned all and any pretence of objectivity and walked through the campaign hand-in-hand with Conservative party HQ.
There was a momentous interview between the monarch and the envoy, as a result of which the former abandoned all thought of retirement and the latter became head of a cabinet pledged to continue the struggle against the legislature.
The album also features a cover of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues", which abandons nearly all of the original song's folk stylistics in favor of the band's signature funk-rock leanings.
Historically, at least a half-dozen countries have manufactured biological weapons, including the United States, Britain and Russia, all of which abandoned their programs.
Most early automobile companies were small shops, hundreds of which each produced a few handmade cars, and nearly all of which abandoned the business soon after going into it.
Derain's dazzling view of the Thames is a masterpiece of fauvism, the avant-garde style in which he and Matisse abandoned all colour conventions to create expressive pictures that vibrate with light and energy.
There was much marching back and forth, while hungry soldiers scrounged for food in what came to be called the "Potato War". The upshot was the Treaty of Teschen (May 1779), by which the Austrian government abandoned all claims to Bavarian territory except for a small strip along the Inn River.
The Saints are a talented and imaginative team, but only gris-gris can account for some of their unlikely victories this season, including the win over the Vikings in the conference championship game, in which Minnesota's Brett Favre inexplicably abandoned all football sense, tossing a doomed late-game pass into the hands of a Saints defender.
They abandoned all their games, including Rise and Fall, which was near finishing.
In 1984, Polygram abandoned all of its film activities and he formed his own distribution company, which operated until 1986.
