But before I get started I do want to take a moment -- I did this at my last to stop -- to say, truly, how heartbroken Barack and I are about the horrific tragedy that occurred earlier this week in Libya.

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At last I have to say that the club owner Zhu Jun did his utmost to bring Drogba to Shenhua.

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Say at the end of last year I told you a stock you bought then would climb 41%.

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Which was why, I suppose, I found what billionaire Louis Bacon had to say last night at the Audubon Gala so completely refreshing.

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There was one father who started all this a couple weeks ago, came out here and has been airing TV ads saying he disagrees with Cindy Sheehan, and he started the movement and took his son's name off the cross, and just today I'd say at least 10 and possibly more just in the last couple of hours.

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In China, because of the tension, dealers I know say in October and November of last year that showroom traffic at Japanese dealerships was down by half.

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For me, I look at what's happened in the last four years and say this has been a disappointment.

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So if you average Monday night's hotel with last night's, I'd say we're at about 2 stars.

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"I'm pleased to say that over the last few years we have appeared to stop the decline in toad numbers at Llandrindod, " he said.

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And I have to say that over the last two and a half years I have watched with bemusement, I've been puzzled at the degree to which this thing just kept on going.

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