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accident

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In risk management, any unanticipated or unpredictable event that may interfere with normal functions or cause logical or physical damage to data.


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I had often wondered how it was that Sir Oliver had such a very short tail; it really was only six or seven inches long, with a tassel of hair hanging from it; and on one of our holidays in the orchard I ventured to ask him by what accident it was that he had lost his tail.
Pollyanna was a little late for supper on the night of the accident to John Pendleton; but, as it happened, she escaped without reproof.
The accident fell out in Appin -- mind ye that, Alan; it's Appin that must pay; and I am a man that has a family.
 
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