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As for the polling, ask Edmund Muskie, Gary Hart or Hillary Clinton how much those soundings matter at this exceedingly early stage of a presidential race.

But during a quiet aside, Minka ominously mentions to Liz that a chocolate cake made by the housekeeper tastes terrible, the observation sounding more like a warning than a culinary assessment.

I knocked on Matt’s door, probably sounding sharper than I meant to.

It may be that you’re not 100% comfortable giving up too much control over your investment decisions, and merely want a sounding board.

“It’s impossible to discount as hyperbole the alarm that these longtime civil servants are sounding from inside the house.”