He says he would bring down the deficit faster than Mr Brown (though not exactly how fast), yet at the same time gives reason to doubt he would be single-minded enough to do so.

他承诺将比布朗更快地削减赤字(虽然并没有提及究竟会有多快)，但同时又让人怀疑他会不会一心一意地这么做。

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Mrs Clinton is highly intelligent, formidably hard-working and, though not exactly a foreign-policy expert, knows many world leaders.

ECONOMIST: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama

That will hardly reassure sceptics in Denmark, Sweden or Britain nor even their governments, which, though not exactly sceptical, are not yet ready to take the single-currency plunge.

ECONOMIST: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, euro-coach

It was fun, though not exactly his deal.

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