Sometimes I imagine that if we were very still we could hear, rising from the forests and oceans, the quiet laughter of animals, as they listen to us talk.

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To help visualize the rhythm of the municipal bond market, I sometimes ask people to imagine a New England forest, viewed from 10, 000 feet.

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Mr Obama is sometimes compared to Star Trek's emotionless and hyper-rational protagonist Mr Spock, and I can imagine him, hand gripped to the head of an alien humanoid of a startling orange hue.

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