Maybe not in so many words but pretty close!

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And, more personally, he regrets if not in so many words not cutting off at the knees Vaclav Klaus, his arch political rival, chief opposition troublemaker and a former prime minister, when he had the chance back in 1991.

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Curiously, Mr Miliband's statement does not, in so many words, recognise Chinese sovereignty.

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ECB-watchers and markets understand this, even though it has not been spelt out in so many words by Jean-Claude Trichet, the ECB's president.

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He has not yet done that, in so many words.

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What they meant without saying so in so many words was why do the European policymakers not follow the obvious example of the U.S. policymakers.

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