For example, lots of international companies coughed up for a Tokyo listing in the late 1980s, hoping to share in the euphoric multiples then applied to Japanese firms.

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If only mummy and daddy had coughed up for Brentwood School, rather than good old St.

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Mellon coughed up almost a million for a Raphael Madonna, an all time record for a picture in the twenties.

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Mr Barham, 48, said doctors were "keeping him asleep for now" but had earlier reduced the muscle relaxant they were treating him with and "he coughed and wriggled his fingers".

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