The service met the target for eight months of last year but started dipping below the target early in 2012 before recovering in the spring.

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As he was recovering, in the spring of 2012, he dislocated his ankle in a freak trampoline accident.

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He cited recovering Japanese industrial output after a spring earthquake, plus another profitable quarter for Ford.

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Frank A. Dittig was recovering from a nasty bout of pneumonia in the spring of 2004 when he developed a wheeze that wouldn't go away.

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