It failed to reach the charts, but became a hit some years later when it was covered by Tracey Ullman.

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She provided Melanson with a statement, but the professor died some years later and Rhodes-Hughes once again missed her opportunity to testify.

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The suspect obtained Canadian citizenship some years later, but returned to Lebanon when he was 12 years old and has remained there ever since.

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But two years later, while BP has relinquished some control, it remains a 50 percent owner and relations have improved.

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Some predicted an unremarkable and fairly short tenure, but three years later, Mr. Gates has become one of the most powerful defense chiefs in decades.

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To earn some cash he got a job at a moving company, but a couple of years later it went bust.

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