Needless to say, we had no idea that anything we were saying or doing that night, or even that year, would lead us to where we are today, which is married, with children, a mortgage, and a budding fear of the inevitable moment when one of us will die before the other.

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Needless to say, Mario Draghi's predecessor at the top of the ECB never said anything nearly as supportive.

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Needless to say, there is no shortage of opportunism and disingenuousness in this, as no one can claim that anything close to the status quo is sustainable.

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