The probe would be among the first ever started by the commission without receiving a complaint from a European company.

WSJ: EU to Probe China Telecoms' Trade Practices

His collapse shortly before Christmas, from which he quickly recovered, demonstrated that he was a 'good soldier, ' carrying on without complaint despite unrelenting provocation.

BBC: Behind the mask

See, but what he took away from that is that he saw how this woman kept on getting up every day, doing that same job without complaint or regret.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the First Lady at a Campaign Event -- La Jolla, CA