That is because, he said, violence had accompanied almost every protest.

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He would only sometimes remember to hang a sign that said "Closed for technical reasons" on the bank door to keep new customers from entering, and he was once almost captured because he couldn't open a bank door that he himself had locked.

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He put it down to fatigue, because the crew had spent three days with almost no sleep.

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Rabinowitz had to rule out almost half of the first 300 he tested because they came out too weak or decomposed.

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However, the hospital trust responsible was unable to scrap the charges, he claimed, because "its hands are almost completely tied" by the contract it had signed to receive funding under a private finance initiative (PFI) scheme.

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But I almost went for Aston Villa's Ashley Young in the end because he has had an outstanding few months.

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