You'd like to think that it's characteristic of a back market that's trying to seek a bottom, but it's a little early to make that determination.

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With characteristic bravado, he has pledged that he will not seek to be the challenger if his support in Lower Saxony this time drops more than 2% below the 44.3% he won in 1994.

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