On a more serious note, he said the closeness of the election "should make it clear to all of us that we can come together to heal whatever wounds may exist, whatever residuals there may be".

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Whatever sympathy there may be for the people of Cyprus froze like the lakes outside when they spoke of the Cyprus banking system.

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Whatever your special skills and experience, there may be a place for you in a government job.

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Whatever the eggheads may be saying, there are some obvious reasons why Western governments' zeal to promote democracy, and the willingness of other countries to listen, have ebbed.

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With new countries being added to the European sovereign debt crisis, emerging market sovereign credit managers should consider it a fairly safe assumption that there will be more such credit crisis episodes in Europe until the final catharsis occurs, whatever that may be.

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Whatever sense there is that Democrats might be weaker on Israel than Republicans may have been fostered by arguments put forth during the midterm campaign.

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"Not all will do so and to that extent of course I make it clear that the NHS is there to support women in their clinical needs whatever their other circumstances may be, " he told MPs.

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