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1. A severed telephone cable crippled long-distance phone service Friday to and from the New-York area, halted trading at some financial markets and delayed hundreds of flights at East Coast airports.

2. With the end of the Cold War, budgets for military research began to fall, killing some programs, curtailing others and creating a general sense of foreboding in the military-industrial complex.

3. The Gulf war has increased sales for all quality newspapers. ("G.")

4. Failure to destroy Iraq's key military facilities ensure that an early invasion of Kuwait would be a highly risky venture. ("G." Jan.)

5. Promoted in 1916, peace would have brought Russian troops home, saving a year of demoralizing war. ("G.")

6. Surely any city which obliges McDonald's to close due to lack of patronage is an irreproachable candidate for canonization. (" T. ")

7. He was a superb tutor, though he never cared for graduate students. But he could always fill the largest lecture hall at the most inconvenient hour. ("T.")

8. The desert is an ideal environment for the spy satellite to look down on. The low humidity and lack of clouds make for clear images. ("G.")

9. By and large, the Kremlin's shortage of hard currency and eye catching goods has deterred most governments from looking to Russia as a major trading partner. ("Nsw.")

10. Overcrowding in our prisons is not caused by a shortage of space, but by an abundance of prisoners. Building more prisons will no more reduce the crime rate than building more hospitals will reduce the number of road accidents. ("G.")

11. Now the nation's (US) huge oil-import bills and smoggy air have revived interest in electronic vehicles, which emit no pollutants and can run on the juice from power plants burning American coal or natural gas. ("Nsw.")

12. A plan by the Church of Christian Scientists to publish and promote a controversial book on its founder has split the 150,000-member sect. ("G.")

13. His death at the height of his career robs medical statistics of one of the most talented exponents. ("T.")

14. His house in Chiswick has a lovely atmosphere. There was a cat asleep on one of the chairs in the sitting room which made me feel instantly at home. ("T.")

15. The Soviet rise of global power turned Vladivostok into the home of the mighty Pacific Fleet and a region into a sealed military camp. ("IНT)

16. Unexpectedly mild weather has made November gardening a greater pleasure than usual. ("Ind.")

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