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To avoid having the spaceship blow up, both the captain and the first officer had to officially agree to turn the auto-destruct system off.
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson: Fiscal Follies: Facing the Budget Auto-Destruct Countdown, Without an Escape Pod Scott Bittle 2011
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The Republican senators are setting themselves up in a big way for auto-destruct.
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You could say the federal government is in an auto-destruct sequence now too, and that unfortunately, our leaders can't agree to turn it off.
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson: Fiscal Follies: Facing the Budget Auto-Destruct Countdown, Without an Escape Pod Scott Bittle 2011
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Either we make some meaningful decisions on the budget, or we stand by while the auto-destruct sequence starts.
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson: Fiscal Follies: Facing the Budget Auto-Destruct Countdown, Without an Escape Pod Scott Bittle 2011
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If present projections hold, the U.S. debt would hit 200 percent around 2033, and when you're that far in the red, you're always walking around with the auto-destruct switch armed.
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson: Fiscal Follies: Facing the Budget Auto-Destruct Countdown, Without an Escape Pod Scott Bittle 2011
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It could be your body just trying to end it all by going into hyper-fibulation and cardiac auto-destruct.
Sal Cataldi: The Holiday Breakup: A Perfect Diet? Sal Cataldi 2010
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Batman then tells Lucious the auto-destruct sequence, and Lucious leaves satisified.
Contest: Where Could The Dark Knight Go Next? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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It could be your body just trying to end it all by going into hyper-fibulation and cardiac auto-destruct.
Sal Cataldi: The Holiday Breakup: A Perfect Diet? Sal Cataldi 2010
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My play is an examination of how a nation can suddenly, bizarrely, and with great dramatic effect, auto-destruct.
John Fletcher: The Iraq Expedition: Greek Drama About an American Tragedy 2008
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Gordon Brown's intention is (or was) to avoid an election until 2009 or 2010, but with his party currently set on auto-destruct it's becoming increasingly difficult to accept such a Limbo-like scenario where a lame duck administration continues occupying the administrative driving seat with the rest of us waiting for the next (seemingly inevitable) accident to happen.
Labour in Limbo 2007
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