"I don't know what to say, what a way to go, there have been a few question marks over my fielding so I put them to bed!"

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Indeed, it leaves a few question marks.

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As I said that same evening in an interview on CNN, if I could write that tweet again, I would have added a few question marks at the end, as with my earlier tweet, to make it clear I was raising a question.

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There are a few that get high marks, however.

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The textile industry, which has been suffering for many months, undone at first by the strong pound and since by thin demand in the shops, had more bad news this week when Courtaulds Textiles, a large manufacturer, said that it would probably cut 1, 200 jobs at Claremont Group, a clothing supplier to (currently troubled) Marks and Spencer which it bought a few weeks ago.

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No department scored full marks on the questionnaire although a few lacked only one item.

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The low-key arrival marks the end of a traumatic few weeks for the grieving relatives.

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While there have been a few Tamagotchi clones available for mobile devices, this marks the first official Tamagotchi app to come from Bandai, which has released updated versions of the toy since the first Tamagotchi hatched 16 years ago.

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The print magazine, on the other hand, marks a major new direction, one that few digital-only publishers would contemplate in 2012.

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Among automakers, Jones points out that Toyota and Honda are globally competitive, a few more-domestic niche players like Suzuki are likely survivors, and the rest are question marks.

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