"For the victim, it never ends, " she said.

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It never ends well.

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It ends with an inspirational speech she never gave.

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"It's a long-term grieving process that sort of never ends, " he said.

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Even if Google never ends up in the dock, Microsoft and its allies may still nudge it to change the way it does business, to their advantage.

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"It ends up being kind of a damaged life if you seek to be famous because you can never get there, really, and you can never can get rid of it, and it spoils your days trying, " he said.

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