By the time the SEC finally approved the IPO on Wednesday afternoon, the initial giddiness had turned to nervous exhaustion.

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Let us all hope it was flu, nervous exhaustion from the options backdating scandal or one of his macrobiotic diets carried too far.

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"On three occasions in my life, I have voluntarily gone into hospitals as result of nervous exhaustion and fatigue, " Eagleton said at the time.

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Asscher then fainted from nervous exhaustion.

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