"The problem with Stojkovic is that he talks too much, " said Carvalho.

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Mr Verhofstadt's crime, it seemed, was that he talks too much: at previous joint appearances, he had not allowed Mr Prodi to get a word in edgeways.

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Obama is like the smart kid in the class who talks too much: never says in a sentence what he can say in a paragraph.

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