The mood is affably garrulous, the narration deadpan and droll.
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"I think we should focus on the book," Vargas Llosa responded affably.
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This isn't the dancers' intention; some of them twinkle and smile affably.
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He is affably disagreeable, wry, idiosyncratic, vulnerably bighearted, a craftsman of lubricated sentences.
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"It's banter, but it's not frivolous," Mr. Dickerson said, affably, in an interview.
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His stone-cold composure and mechanic dominance are why he's affably called the Klubot.
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Mr. Shan, who was affably holding court, gladly handed over the device to try.
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"We're just cooking," Mr. Carter said, affably, as the sounds of family chimed in the background.
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Then there's Brooke, a physiotherapist, who affably giggles when I apologize on your behalf during our fortnightly examinations.
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But if the laughter was uncomfortable, Rickles — whose offstage personality was affably sweet — seemed aware of that as well.
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Fortunately, after a quick e-mail, the boss appeared and affably arranged for another secretary to wield the rubber stamp.
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Merkel's cohort of choice is surely the Social Democrats (SPD), with whom she's governed with affably for eight of her twelve years in office.
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Over a brunch of avocado toast, he talked affably about his "terrible" singing voice, the Captain & Tennille and why he rarely discusses his family.
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The Huntington has affably named the plant "Li'l Stinker" and has been tracking its growth as if it's a child, tweeting daily updates since July 25.
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As the miles build up and the pounds come off, Grunenwald runs slowly and writes affably but ultimately delivers little more than a string of race reports.
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Phil Stewart, an affably geeky, sandy-haired strawberry geneticist, offered me a yellowish-white specimen with rosy stains, like a skinned knee when the blood starts seeping through.
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So to find them belting out their own hits, while belted up and stuck in traffic beside some affably laddy bloke from England, is a special kind of delicious.
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At a temporary job on the twelfth floor of a building in midtown, he was seen, at a window, to wave affably to a random person in another building.
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The 79-year old actor and comedian, known affably as "America's Dad" has been laid low by allegations that he drugged and assaulted several women over the course of decades.
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After work, he goes home to a run-down one-bedroom motel room he shares with his father, James, an ex-felon who's affably neglectful at best and outright abusive at worst.
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In early 2018, Shepard launched "Armchair Expert," a podcast in which he and his co-host, the actress and writer Monica Padman, affably unpack the glory and the chaos of human behavior.
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They even have something a mascot, an affably nerdy painting expert named Duncan Rhodes, who does seriously good painting tutorials every day and has moved into conducting interviews at Games Workshop events.
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In February, at the annual Toy Fair held at the Javits Center, in New York, Paul Berberian trawled an area reserved for tech products, affably examining displays of MaKey MaKeys and Cubelets.
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This installment of the comedy series is hosted by the affably awkward pair of the comedians Jo Firestone and Aparna Nancherla, joined by Mike Lebovitz, Nikki Glaser, Roy Wood Jr. and other guests.
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Photographed in portrait studios, these faceless individuals in celebratory marital garb highlight the fear of being unjustly marginalized and denied the right to live affably and unharmed due to the widespread fear of Islamic fundamentalism.
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Which means viewers are preparing to say goodbye to two groundbreaking characters: Rogelio de la Vega (Jaime Camil), the flamboyant telenovela star prone to narcissism, and Darryl (Pete Gardner), the affably obtuse law firm partner.
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Kasich, not a Trump fan (he said he wrote in "John McCain" when he voted in November), ended up skipping the RNC, despite it being held in his state, but still managed to do so relatively affably.
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Even Eve's ragtag group of fellow agents find ways to make their marks in between the high-stakes set pieces, from David Haig's affably exasperated Bill to Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Sean Delaney's pair of wisecracking assistants.
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A lifelong Star Trek superfan, working on Discovery has been a literal dream for the veteran TV writer (Supergirl, Revenge), who looks like the kind of affably geeky white dudes who have long made up Trek's core fanbase.
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In Martin's 1996 movie adaptation, everything worked out for Bilko—an iconic, affably crooked motor-pool NCO who presciently kept a signed photograph of Donald Trump on his desk, sticking it to The Man in the peacetime Army.
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By contrast, Mr. Scaramucci — a political donor and television talking head and affably affluent with an accent held over from his native Long Island — toggled between subordinating to Mr. Trump and maintaining a hint of his own appeal.
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During a rally on May 210, 22015, the mayor of Davao rambled affably into a microphone, dropping lines like, "They must stop fucking the Filipino," which was met with cheers from the people gathered at Lawton Plaza, in the capital Manila.
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During a rally on May 19863, 2016, the mayor of Davao rambled affably into a microphone, dropping lines like, "They must stop fucking the Filipino," which was met with cheers from the people gathered at Lawton Plaza, in the capital Manila.
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He is so affably all-American that he topped a rumored studio shortlist to play Superman, but is still possessed of enough sex appeal and swag that Nicki Minaj used her recent People's Choice acceptance speech to send a lascivious come-on in his direction.
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The trio—consisting of J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and the affably nicknamed Murph—are currently on tour in the US and Europe, supporting their latest album, Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, including a top-draw slot Desert Stars Festival in the Southern California's Pioneertown this past weekend.
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Their blended family is on a car trip, staying in a motel near a lake, and the parents — the beautiful, overwhelmed mother of two of the girls and the affably selfish father of two more girls and two boys — have left a note that reads We're sleeping late.
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She cannot have, for instance, truly wanted to take photos for an hour after coming in fourth in New Hampshire or affably chat with a man in a Bernie T-shirt on Saturday while she visited a strip mall in Las Vegas's Chinatown with a dozen people with cameras.
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"The reality is that if the deal on the table falls apart because we have said 'no,' there will not be some smooth rapid suite of mini side deals — from aviation to fisheries, from road haulage to data, from derivatives to customs and veterinary checks, from medicines to financial services, as the E.U. affably sits down with this prime minister or another one," he said in a lecture at the University of Liverpool.
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Affably, amidst the flashbulbs of photographers, Ormiston accepted his served warrant. His bond was set at $2,500.Thomas, Vanishing, p. 315. Ormiston declined to answer any questions from the numerous reporters, stepped into Keyes's office and typed out his statement.
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As arranged, Lippert sold these rights to the Company, whereupon Loch approved the concession, expressing contentment at the solving of the Company's land rights problem; in an internal Whitehall memorandum, the Colonial Office affably remarked how expediently that administrative obstacle had been removed. The Matabele remained unaware of this subterfuge until May 1892.
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Churchill took Molotov over the various operations in the West. Across the abandoned Operation Sledgehammer and Operation Round-Up to the buildup of American forces in Britain, Operation Bolero. The discussion took in the upcoming Operation Torch and the possibilities for Operation Jupiter, the proposed Anglo-Soviet landing in Norway. Churchill, in a telegraph to London, said 'He [Molotov] listened affably but contributed nothing'.
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The Mandalorian initially takes "The Child" (the official name for the character) for a bounty, but ends up becoming its de facto guardian in order to protect it. It has been shown to have the powers of the Force, and has been affably nicknamed "Baby Yoda". The unexpected popularity of "Baby Yoda" led to an explosion of unofficial merchandise for the Christmas and holiday season, which quickly sold out.
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The film received mixed reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 61%, based on 115 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The website's consensus reads, "Affably pleasant without ever trying to be anything more, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a fine—albeit forgettable—family diversion." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 54 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
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Allmusic's Stewart Mason commended Dalton's "affably plain punk-pop voice", on "songs [that] are unpretentious but extremely catchy" which showcased the group's "wave of distorted guitars and righteously sloppy drumming". During September the band, with Dando on board, promoted the album on an Australian east coast tour. During 1994 they issued two EPs, Glasgow and Four Seventy, followed by a compilation album, Way out Jim, and another EP, Single. In July 1995 Godstar issued their second album, Coastal, which McFarlane found "mixed feisty pop and psychedelic sound collages with dancefloor grooves".
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Ebony Reigns was born Priscilla Opoku- Kwarteng, affably known as Nana Heemaa (Oheema) by her close relatives, in Dansoman, a suburb of Accra. Her parents are Nana Poku Kwarteng and Beatrice Oppong Marthin. She was raised in the urban areas of Accra but hailed from the Brong Ahafo region. She started her basic education at Seven Great Princess Academy in Dansoman, Accra, followed by a high school education at Methodist Girls High School at Mamfe in the Akuapim North District of the Eastern Region, Ghana, though she did not graduate.
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Kinnan, who was affably nicknamed "The Weatherman", was a well-known personality in Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Tampa. Kinnan worked alongside sports anchor Jim Graner at WKYC-TV in Cleveland; later, from 1978 to 1980, he worked at station WTSP in Tampa, FL. Kinnan was one of the first three meteorologists, joining Francis K. Davis and Kenneth H. Jehn, to earn the "Seal of Approval" from the American Meteorological Society. Wally often told the story of how they drew straws to determine who would be the first, second, and third meteorologist to earn the seal. Kinnan was number 3, while Davis and Jehn were numbers 1 and 2, respectively.
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Johnny Oleksinski of the New York Post agreed, calling the song "a boring 'Memory' copycat", "an awkward fit" and "a desperate attempt to be affably plain". Leah Marilla Thomas of Cosmopolitan praised the final chorus, but described the song as "a little bonkers" and said that listeners need to lower their expectations before listening. Various Vulture staff also criticized the song, describing the lyrics as nonsensical and corny; Swift's vocal performance was criticised, with Rebecca Alter summarizing the song as Swift "leaping for that note and falling off a cliff". The song received a nomination from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in the Best Original Song category at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, giving Swift her third career Golden Globe nomination.
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In defence of the film were two members of the Monty Python team, John Cleese and Michael Palin. According to Monty Python - The Case Against, by Robert Hewison, the show "began affably enough, with Cleese and Palin talking on their own to their host, Tim Rice – himself the lyricist of Jesus Christ Superstar (which itself had been accused of blasphemy a decade before). Hewison continues "but while a second clip from the film was being shown, Stockwood and Muggeridge were brought on to the set. The full effect of the entry of the Bishop in his sweeping purple cassock and chunky cross was missed by the television audience, who found him already seated beside a bronzed and gleaming Malcolm Muggeridge when the film excerpt ended.
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The film has received mixed reviews from critics. Aaron Hillis of the Village Voice wrote: "The final leg of director Cathy Garcia-Molina's exceptionally broad, partly English-dubbed cockles-warmer of a trilogy outright apes Hollywood rom-com formulas with a personality so affably lobotomized it wouldn't dare frighten delicate tastes". Philbert Ortiz Dy gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, saying, "There are plenty of sweet moments to be found in It Takes A Man and A Woman, but there’s a lot of bloat to get through[...] It might have done the film good to just take a more subdued approach, trusting in the talents of the two leads to provide the mainstream appeal. That said, the current approach still provides some charm. There’s just a sense that it could have been so much more".
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Camilla is being courted assiduously by Ralph Stayne, the local vicar's son and Dame Alice's nephew (and heir), who has enjoyed a no-bones- broken affair with the pub landlady and has a key role in the mumming play. Hovering uncomfortably around this class hierarchy is an affably boozy ex-RAF hero who runs the local garage and also has a key role in the mumming play. When the Sword Wednesday play finally takes place, tensions have mounted around the small community, especially at The Forge, where William Andersen's 'simple' youngest son Ernie is desperate to take over his father's starring role as Fool. Mrs Bunz contrives to see the play, during the performance of which, the Fool (William Andersen), theatrically 'beheaded' by the Five Sons at the end of the Sword Dance, fails to 'rise from the dead' and is found horrifically decapitated for real in the bloodstained snow.
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