On Thursday, though, Mr. Bing said there was newfound agreement.
"Today, I still offer my love and support as a son to his mother," he said, adding that there was "newfound room for forgiveness and hope".
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As the transfer window gasps and sweats its way through the usual high-summer Sahara of inanity there is a newfound starchiness about Spurs' recruitment, a rolling back from all the fun and frolic towards the youth-oriented austerity promised by Daniel Levy in the spring.
There is a newfound tenderness among strangers.
There is a newfound vigilance among customs officials, he says.
Then there is the newfound sense among collectors worldwide that art is a smart commodity to buy in the midst of economic turmoil.
It could be that every other ethnic trend has played itself out in the state, or perhaps there is a newfound acceptance of sushi and sashimi.
"There is a newfound conviction that protests, strikes and civil action are more effective than fighting and force," said Marwan Shehadeh, an expert on radical Islamist groups and ideology based in Amman, Jordan.
But avid cell phone users say that there is a newfound complication to keeping in touch: there simply aren't enough people in their lives to keep in touch with.
