He and Mr Chirac exchanged such strong words at the summit that the French president, in a fit of pique, promptly cancelled the traditional end-of-year Anglo-French summit.

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These have been on hold since Beijing halted them in 1995 in a fit of pique when Mr Lee was allowed to pay a private visit to the United States.

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So Zia Audin, in a fit of adolescent pique, did what came naturally he tried to kill us.

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