21.   Not even Jordan, whose abrupt departure from basketball rocked the world.

22.   Peterson, a veteran programmer with major-league credentials, ran the USA Film Festival for a decade until his abrupt departure last year.

23.   Quickly and decisively communicating a transition plan to a customer can help soothe the pain of an abrupt departure as well.

24.   Pursuers spun helplessly in the wake of his abrupt departure, drifting in the vacuum that only the presence of a true superstar can create.

25.   SAA delayed the release of its annual results after the abrupt departure of its chief executive, Coleman Andrews.

26.   That abrupt departure prompted the withdrawal of most of the rest of the U.N. force.

27.   The abrupt departure comes less than three years after Greenhill joined Smith Barney, the second-largest U.S. securities firm in terms of brokers.

28.   The abrupt departure of Ovitz from Disney did not affect the Coca-Cola ties with Edge Creative.

29.   The company would provide no further comment on his abrupt departure.

30.   The firm has since lost a number of people since his abrupt departure, including Rod Stamler, the former assistant commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.