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He was not a good commander or governor, however, and his campaign north suffered constant defections and defeats.
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Injuries and early defections were blamed for this.
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This allows for occasional recovery from getting trapped in a cycle of defections.
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Most of these defections occur because of economic or financial factors.
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By the time plans were advanced in formalising the coalition, disenchantment and defections had set in.
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The defections have started and that is why they are resorting to such actions.
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Based on a study of South Korean defectors, women make up the majority of defections.
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Frustrations with what was perceived as business office interference with news reporting led to defections by a quarter of the news staff in early 1982.
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Overdoing the punishment risks escalation, and can lead to an unending echo of alternating defections that depresses the scores of both players.
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It was a comfortable margin, but defections always seemed to whittle down the lead and sometimes produced defeat.
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