No, the trouble is Mr Anderson's coyness about where he himself stands and why.

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His coyness, they argue, has knocked market confidence over the past couple of weeks.

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Mary also refuses to say her son's name, a coyness that grows irritating.

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The coyness with which the pro-Gamal campaign has begun suggests that, within the regime as well as among ordinary people, the presidential succession is by no means a done deal.

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