But momentum was quickly recovered, with more than 1500 people trying to crowd into the tent on the last day.

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He was momentarily off balance, but recovered quickly.

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The girl was quickly recovered from the water, but her father was located about 98ft (30m) offshore, near the pier.

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The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 was a murderous event, but the world pushed on and many areas recovered quickly (see Buttonwood).

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In my neighbourhood of Asia, the financial crisis of 1997-1998 brought tremendous pain to many Asian countries, but through austerity and sweeping economic reforms, they recovered relatively quickly and in much better shape.

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Ronnie recovered so quickly that he was able to not only see daughter Katie get married, but fulfil his promise to walk her down the aisle.

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