"But the point is that everybody can be affected or at the receiving end of a terrible rumour... it can affect the individual even to the extent of breaking up marriages, " he said.

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To send power miles away without huge line losses demanded that electricity be stepped up to a high voltage, then stepped down again at the receiving end.

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And it is I think just a fact that if you're at the receiving end of a notice that you're going to be furloughed or you're going to be laid off, that's nothing small.

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