Republican elders, meanwhile, sense an escape from the demographic trap they have set for themselves.

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Despite her sense of romance, Ms Darlington avoids the easy trap of anthropomorphising the otter.

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"There's certainly a sense that (Wednesday's) gains might have been a bear trap, " said Alan Ackerman, market strategist at Fahnestock and Co.

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But I think the most important thing though is - we'll do that, if it makes sense, not for the sake of doing it, and that's a trap that we don't want to fall into, we meaning not just us, but everybody in the Sony group.

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