Would he suggest, mildly, that a rugby nation which terrifies the life out of its opponents with the haka has a cheek banning the pipes?

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However, evidence from simple tests suggest the forecast is a mildly (not materially) contrarian indicator of future U.S. stock market behavior.

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All these votes and opinion polls suggest that European voters are far from convinced, to put it mildly, by Mr Delors's pan-European vision of a tighter political union.

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