For those who saw him immediately after the injury, what is shocking about Chamberlain is how normal he looks.

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And such a difference from the normal stories about how executive pay just climbs ever higher.

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Initially, you use the handheld controller to tell the system about your normal routine - how warm you like it, when you are usually in and out, when you go to bed and when you are planning to go on holiday.

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But even so, doubts remain about how it could fully participate as a normal country in such organisations without producing the sort of economic detail it has always been unable or unwilling to provide.

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Just as I did when my son Keith was taken seven years ago, they now will wonder why the world continues to revolve - why it hasn't stopped in its tracks, how people can possibly go about their business as normal.

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Now though, with the discount having shrunk back to more normal levels, Connelly is hearing more questions about how big a deal can get done, rather than the feasibility of completing a deal.

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