That will send an unconscious message to the person that you are on an equal level and generally in agreement with them.

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Pro- and anti-agreement unionists have equal numbers inside the devolved assembly.

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One reason Cafta is in deep trouble is that the U.S. sugar lobby wants to kill it, because the agreement would allow an increase in sugar imports equal to 1% of the U.S. market.

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They signed up to the coalition agreement which demanded "the creation of fewer and more equal-sized constituencies".

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Councils signed the "single status agreement" in 1997, committing local authorities to delivering equal pay for women workers where their wages had fallen behind the men.

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"This agreement will close the season of the past 10 years and is going to open an equal relationship season, " Karzai added.

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