But second violinist Akemi Takayama says emotions had escalated to the point that she knew the musical relationship was over.

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After shock and numbness, the second stage is that powerful emotions rise to the surface, often after being buried for years or decades.

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And if Farnborough's flagging players were relieved to see the back of Pires midway through the second half, they would have had mixed emotions by the arrival of substitutes Dennis Bergkamp and Sylvain Wiltord.

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While he said he didn't know whether the now-debunked storyline helped him place second in Heisman Trophy voting, he insisted his emotions surrounding Kekua's loss were authentic.

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Police inspector Louis Janssens, 59, and his second cousin Paul Alix, 61 - a retired industrial mechanic - also find it hard to keep their emotions in check when they talk about their grandfathers, orphaned brothers who fought together at the Yser and in Ypres.

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As he filmed the flooding, his emotions changed as quickly as the tide outside his house, which at one point creeps under a second-floor door, prompting Jackley to bark, "Get the hell out!"

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