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Blackout (Electricity)

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“Here [in 'Mirage' (1965)] [Gregory Peck] is a corporate functionary who finds, after an electrical blackout in his Manhattan office tower, that he has no real idea of who he is or how he has spent the last two years. As in 'Charade,' none of the characters are quite who they seem to be, and the solution to the mystery, revealed in small increments, calls on cold war paranoia in ways that evoke 'The Manchurian Candidate.’”

Dave Kehr, “New DVDs: Gregory Peck,” The New York Times, November 4, 2008.

"Parts of the city have suffered prolonged electricity blackouts and, in outlying suburbs, water shortages. In upmarket Mehrauli village, residents were forced to buy from private suppliers plying door to door with tankers. In the new town of Gurgaon, entire apartment blocks have run short. In the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, petrol pumps ran dry after railway wagons which normally carry fuel were switched to supply water."

—Jason Burke, “Hundreds die in Indian heatwave: Death toll expected to rise as India faces record temperatures of up to 122F in hottest summer on record,” The Guardian (UK), May 30, 2010.

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