Mr Okruashvili brooded silently for months before producing lurid allegations against his former boss.

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Mr. Pandich brooded that the orphans in his care would have received far more if the pot were split only among the families of the dead.

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For the day, Roberts lost some of his customary equanimity as he brooded about making such a public mistake. (He went to the White House the next day, and the oath was repeated, correctly, to forestall any challenges to its legality.) Since then, Roberts has put the embarrassment behind him and even made it the subject of a little humor at his own expense.

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