Mum looks at me as I'm putting bread in the toaster and she says: "Mark, if you want to come down to breakfast wearing that top again, you're going to have to shave your armpits"...

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Again, the agreement to come out of this meeting with those that would sit down, again, as soon as later today, I think give the President some hope.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

So I think what the President has asked GM to do today is to sit down and go back to that table, re-plan and come back again, and we'll certainly make a determination.

WHITEHOUSE: White House Press Briefing

Judging from past experience, I would anticipate that any agreement on a second Fiscal Cliff deal will probably come down to the wire, if not get postponed again, and that market volatility will likely continue to increase as we get closer to the new deadline.

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If that happens, everybody's costs will have to come down again.

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"I swore to myself that if I ever faced such a crisis again, I would come down on the side of dramatic action, going down in flames if that was required, " she said in an interview with the Atlantic Monthly in 2001.

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