I would not want to over-exaggerate (but) ... they represent a degree of momentum. Let's see whether there is the appetite there to really try and move it forward.

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Deadlines have no credibility. What we have to concentrate on is getting the job done.

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We are still drifting toward a rock. There is a genuine effort to get the engine restarted but I haven't heard any engines restarted yet.

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Fundamentally, it is a question of basic political will.

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We are not in anything that I can recognize as a closing zone.

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You don't close divergences by taking time off to have a cup of tea. If you do so, you will find that everybody has moved backward in the meantime.

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It was not a bad week as these things go, perhaps even a little better than anticipated.

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