1.   A similar incident happened in the Hartest district of Suffolk.

2.   I should add that these three incidents happened to intelligent, middle-class patients in hospitals with international reputations.

3.   Jackson and the national media were noticeably absent from Baltimore last November, when a similar incident happened.

4.   Such incidents happen with greater or lesser degrees of seriousness at regular intervals in all our lives.

5.   The incident happened near the bowling greens.

6.   The incident happened over a holiday weekend.

7.   The incident happened at a critical point in the campaign.

8.   The incident had actually happened two years ago but to say so would have diluted the force of the tale.