"A normal person would stand up, and he wasn't standing up, " he said.

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Admittedly, the manifesto does also contain attractive proposals which in normal times would have provided a sound platform to stand on.

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Tier-2 customer inventories appear to be growing the most and now stand around six to seven weeks, versus their normal four weeks.

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Alex Waugh of the UK's Rice Association said that "in terms of work undertaken throughout Europe and the USA on rice of multiple origins, Dr Tongesayi's reported results stand out as being orders of magnitude higher than normal".

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Now think of the possibilities, at this remarkable moment in time--as we climb out of the global downturn, enter the so-called "new normal" set of economic conditions, adapt to a business and competitive environment of accelerating complexity and stand witness to a historic explosion of information.

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