So what does it mean that Armstrong just bade farewell to his hand-picked head of global ad sales?

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Earlier, Marat Safin bade farewell to professional tennis with a 6-4 5-7 6-4 defeat by U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro.

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Yesterday, we bade farewell to opera great Luciano Pavarotti and last month we lost Max Roach, the man who revolutionized not just jazz drumming but jazz itself.

NPR: Jazz, Opera Suffer Loss of Two Greats

Mr Obama also bade farewell on Friday to his election campaign manager, David Plouffe.

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SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) The actors who play Pam, Jim, Dwight and other beloved characters from the popular NBC show "The Office" bade farewell on Saturday to the northeastern Pennsylvania city of Scranton that served as the TV setting for their fictional paper company.

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