Then two weeks ago he stormed into the house after school.

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The stock popped out of a wedge in late October, pulled back in an orderly fashion, and then had a key day two weeks ago, breaking out on 230 million shares.

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Murray fell ill at the Dubai Open two weeks ago and then pulled out of Great Britain's Davis Cup tie against Ukraine, saying the virus had hit him harder than any illness during his career.

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Nottinghamshire and Durham also drew at Trent Bridge two weeks ago, rain a factor then too.

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Mr Trimble resigned in July because of an absence of IRA decommissioning and then pulled his ministers out of the Northern Ireland Executive two weeks ago to put further pressure on republicans.

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He then suffered another knee injury against CFR Cluj in the Champions League in Romania two weeks ago.

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Then there was the mob assault on Israeli historian Benny Morris outside the London School of Economics two weeks ago.

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Antoinette McKeown of the Consumer Council said they had met the bank two weeks ago and were assured that plans for customers were at an advanced stage then.

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But then a French private-equity firm, PAI Partners, suddenly appeared as Atos Origin's largest single shareholder two weeks ago, and said it backed the management's strategy.

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