But who, as a patrician British prime minister, Harold Macmillan, once loftily asked, are these middle classes?

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And what is loftily referred to as the hydrogen infrastructure the necessary network of filling stations is lacking.

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After each debacle, Mr Chirac loftily calls on the right to end its squabbles and rally round some new theme.

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It remains to be seen whether our loftily valued competitors--particularly those led by managers from the old Cambridge--can avoid their past mistakes.

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That I suppose, loftily, would be my operatic ambition.

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