"I was working at a feverish pace then, " he says.

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Investors are in a funk, and junk bond yields are too high to support the feverish pace of mergers and leveraged buyouts that kept Wall Street so busy last year.

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Since releasing the 1997 album "Come on Over, " which became the best-selling country album of all time, her life hit a feverish pace of road shows and promotions that continued even after the birth of her son in 2001.

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In recent months, as tensions have risen between Iran, on one side, and Israel and the West on the other, Tehran and its Lebanese ally have stepped up their activities to a feverish pace, targeting Israelis diplomats and tourists in India, Cyprus, Thailand and elsewhere.

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The feverish sales pace and price jump sent banks rushing in with offers to finance the construction of these 26 units, plus another 76 that were planned.

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