"It has to be pretty bad before you give the order to abandon ship, " he said.

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Forced to abandon ship, Shackleton and his crew were set adrift on the floes.

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Svendsen testified that as the storm worsened on October 29, he advised Walbridge to abandon ship more than once over a short period.

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Bruce Ismay, head of the company that operated the Titanic, to remain on deck, trying to help the rescue effort, then suddenly decide to abandon ship.

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Once they do, it takes technical skill to get upright again, so inexperienced boaters without guides close by might have to abandon ship and swim back to shore.

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Time to abandon ship.

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Meanwhile Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paola said he would not step down over the crisis because he did not want to "abandon a ship in difficulty".

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" And, once that is accomplished, the mother ship in Egypt and its affiliates in Gaza and elsewhere will be delighted to abandon the latest hudna and renew their decades-long effort to "drive the Jews into the sea.

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As alluded to earlier, there could be even more upside in store for DDS, should the bears abandon ship.

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