Together with other state elections, notably in BJP-run Gujarat, 2012 has the makings of a "mini-general election year", says one party man.
人民党的古扎拉以及其它一些州的竞选让2012年有了“小型大选”的样子，一位人民党人如是说。
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I can only imagine what they thought at the time, seeing a twentysomething girl in a denim mini-skirt coming in regularly for intimate dinners with a grey-haired suited man carrying a briefcase.
One option for the cost-conscious bank is to replace traditional branches with cheaper mini-branches, staffed by two or three employees trained to give advice and loans as well as man the counters.