Sadly, many people are just too dependent on them to make a clean break.

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When I spoke to Harris for my original post, he told me he planned to make a clean break with the past.

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After two crushing defeats it is time to make a clean break.

BBC: David Davis statement in full

Fidesz argues the changes are necessary to make a clean break with the previous constitution, which was adopted in 1989 when Hungary threw off communist rule.

BBC: Hungary defies critics over change to constitution

If the yen can regain control and make a clean break below the previous support, the low of May 6 near 88.00 is the next major level of previous price support.

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Johnson had a choice to stay with what was already there or make a clean break and go with something totally new in the way Geoff Cooke did with a young Will Carling.

BBC: Jeremy Guscott column

Carl Levin, D-Michigan, the top Democrat on the Armed Services panel, stopped short of endorsing the proposal but said he would review any such plan that will help the nation "make a clean break" from the controversy.

CNN: Senators seek demolition of Iraqi prison