AND THEN I'D MOVE INTO SOME PLEASANTRIES ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
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The Austrian delegation responded to Bai with their own pleasantries.
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I'm going to skip a lot of the normal pleasantries.
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But there's currently no indication that they exchanged any pleasantries.
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Women are expected to be gatekeepers of friendliness and pleasantries.
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" We trade pleasantries and he murmurs a farewell: "Thanks, love.
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They traded pleasantries and went back to foraging for fruit.
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So I decided: no more nice girl, no more pleasantries.
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They soften each other up with sympathetic banter and pleasantries.
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And while world leaders have exchanged pleasantries before, this feels different.
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We exchange sweaty pleasantries and I start cranking out sit-ups.
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Gone were the pleasantries and respect with Trump referring to Mrs.
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"The exchange consisted of pleasantries between the two," the official said.
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Pleasantries about everyone coming together and she has a plan forward.
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Then they speak briefly, exchange pleasantries, and talk about the weather.
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After a few rushed pleasantries, Michael leads me into the club.
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Trump "exchanged pleasantries" with bin Salman, a White House official said.
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After pleasantries, they retreated to a hotel and shared evening beers.
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The Obamas, Clintons and Carters all appeared upbeat and exchanged pleasantries.
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Beneath the pleasantries, they were working to ease a diplomatic crisis.
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Neighbors clucked in casual pleasantries as the night listlessly stretched out.
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We exchanged pleasantries and soon he began discussing his lady friend.
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Beyond the pleasantries, the leaders had real business to attend to.
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But DVSN turns "In Between" into three minutes of punny pleasantries.
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Not quite the smiling pleasantries that he does, as you know.
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Hannah Brown is skipping the pleasantries with the men of The Bachelorette.
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The White House claims the exchange was only pleasantries and small talk.
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We even met for dinner and attempted to exchange pleasantries over tacos.
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Wang's face rearranged itself into a sunny smile, and she exchanged pleasantries.
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ASKED how he is feeling these days, Selahattin Demirtas forgoes the pleasantries.
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And they exchanged pleasantries by phone after Trump's recent visit to Utah.
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They exchanged pleasantries, and Mr. Trump asked her if she was married.
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Beneath initial pleasantries, both sides were working to ease a diplomatic crisis.
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He went to another of Mr. Bisram's aunts and they exchanged pleasantries.
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We exchanged smiles and pleasantries, and I proceeded on with my shopping.
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When you exchange meaningless pleasantries with your colleagues, you're dying for something.
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Mr. Holmes exchanged pleasantries with a barista and ordered a double espresso.
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For the sake of maintaining pleasantries, it'd be in my best interest to.
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The prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, was confident enough to attend to diplomatic pleasantries.
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With all the ambassadors, including Mr. Kislyak, we shook hands, exchanged brief pleasantries.
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There were jokes and pleasantries, but also tears and commiseration and impassioned discussions.
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" After exchanging pleasantries, Ariana cracked a joke, "I'm gonna go pass out now.
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Beneath their casual pleasantries is an intense anger that even the King notices.
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Stallone appreciates it, and the 2 exchange pleasantries as he accepts his citation.
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Maintaining that continuity of service doesn't allow much time or bandwidth for pleasantries.
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Sanders says he has little tolerance for what he sees as frivolous pleasantries.
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He patted one woman on the shoulder as they laughed and exchanged pleasantries.
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One transcript shows the two leaders exchanging pleasantries after Zelensky's election last year.
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After a quick exchange of pleasantries, the 26-year-old commands the room.
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The two exchanged pleasantries while smiling and laughing as others in the room laughed.
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CNN's Michelle Kosinski reports the White House describes the interaction as exchanging "pleasantries" pic.twitter.
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So she just left it be, letting the conversational pleasantries deteriorate into awkward silence.
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"There's definitely more pleasantries on this than on 'Mercury' for sure," the producer said.
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She made me realize how much I missed the pleasantries of the outside world.
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Obama and Castro briefly exchanged pleasantries through an interpreter and smiled for the cameras.
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He and I exchanged pleasantries, and then we continued on down the red carpet.
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There was a "Nygard dictionary" and a Nygard manual on emails, which outlawed pleasantries.
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My favorite part of the 2017 Baconfest was exchanging some pleasantries with Bobby Flay!
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Liliana and her team exchanged pleasantries with the officials and were allowed to proceed.
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The men also exchanged holiday pleasantries via text on December 28th, the Trump official said.
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The trailer cuts right through the pleasantries — and appears to confirm a major fan theory.
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Eventually, the tent was inundated with famous faces, running into each other and exchanging pleasantries.
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The doctors exchange pleasantries with Mom, Dad and other family members who crowd the room.
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Before the start of Tuesday's court hearing, Cosby's current and former legal teams exchanged pleasantries.
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Page also told lawmakers he exchanged "pleasantries" with a senior Russian official during the trip.
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They exchange pleasantries and Stacy says that he almost starred in one of Dalton's movies.
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"Elton John's manager exchanged pleasantries with the sister of the king of Jordan," he writes.
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Whatever its surface pleasantries, this is one of Mozart's most refined and intricate instrumental works.
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Fighters beating each other silly and exchanging pleasantries afterward is a humanizing paradox of MMA.
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There are a few people I exchange pleasantries with, but no lunch or coffee pals.
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It was tempting to cut through the pleasantries and ask, 'What are you in for?
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During that visit, Page told lawmakers, he exchanged "pleasantries" with a senior Russian government official.
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After a few pleasantries early in the call, Trump brings up this military aid unprompted.
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President James Buchanan and Queen Victoria exchanged pleasantries, signaling a new form of global communications.
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" Another commented, "Nothing says I love you my wife like a firm handshake and false pleasantries.
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As such, she certainly doesn't reserve any pleasantries for her mismatched group of night school students.
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You can't hear what's being shouted, but we're almost positive they aren't over-the-fence pleasantries.
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I arrived confidently, and exchanged pleasantries in the cashier line with this potentially life-changing person.
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Liam shared a picture of him exchanging pleasantries with Her Majesty to his social media pages.
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He has a stockpile of pleasantries and fulfills odd requests from residents with little meaningful thanks.
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The two exchange forced pleasantries about the Benedict Arnold Club Easter egg hunt the next day.
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After her remarks, Trump worked the room, exchanging pleasantries with Klobuchar and Arianna Huffington, among others.
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Lynch and her husband talked to Clinton about golf, their grandchildren and other pleasantries, she said.
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Bearded and robed in the stifling heat, he ignored pleasantries and raced to taste the spelt.
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He called on the American Urban Radio Networks correspondent first, and the two exchanged forced pleasantries.
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In Emmy's scene with Nora, recriminations float just above the strained pleasantries between mother and child.
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The pair exchanged little beyond pleasantries during the program, but later spent hours at Bra's house.
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At the reservation desk, my dad exchanged holiday pleasantries with the hostess and gave our name.
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She said she and her patron did not meet and only briefly "exchanged pleasantries" over email.
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That said, there's currently no indication that Pence and Kim exchanged any pleasantries on the balcony.
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They pose the question casually, as they would to anyone else, and we exchange the usual pleasantries.
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The two men also exchanged holiday pleasantries via text message on Christmas, according to multiple transition officials.
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OPERATOR: The diplomatic pleasantries could hardly mask the widening rift between the US and its closest allies.
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Within a week Jim and Pony had settled into a routine, exchanging pleasantries several times a day.
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American Horror Story: Apocalypse doesn't waste any time with pleasantries in the premiere, so I won't either.
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Trump and the rapper have been exchanging pleasantries since at least April, when West flattered the president.
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While he gets a warm welcome at Gordonstoun and his father's old bed, the pleasantries end there.
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Foley is just so all about pleasantries and rules and old-school elegance and brutal, brutal gamesmanship.
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This is not the first exchange of pleasantries between the rap star and the real estate mogul.
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I did not know her very well; we just occasionally exchanged pleasantries as we passed one another.
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" Conway tweeted that the resignation letter lacked the usual pleasantries and the absence of praise "speaks volumes.
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They exchange a few pleasantries before Ahmadi gives up trying to save the remaining hostage, James Miller.
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Trump was all smiles and laughter, exchanging pleasantries with Xi and laughing at bits of the performance.
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But nothing about his behavior concerned her, and their conversations never went beyond pleasantries, Ms. Owens said.
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With a song as snug as this, H.E.R. isn't just boasting about the pleasantries of her relationship.
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Mr. Trump turned to shake a few hands, when a shout pierced the low hum of pleasantries.
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I don't care about sports, so I won't pretend to now for the sake of exchanging pleasantries.
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Whether he has exchanged pleasantries with the president may not have mattered before, but it does now.
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Even as they uttered some pleasantries about Ford's testimony, many Republicans, including President Trump, questioned her credibility.
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Jamie Underwood, who lives down the hall from Mr. Sykes's family, said every encounter was marked with pleasantries.
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It's unclear what changed between August and the present, or if Swift's pleasantries were said through gritted teeth.
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December 25: Kislyak and Flynn exchange holiday pleasantries via text message on Christmas, according to multiple transition officials.
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One of them was a kind older gentleman who Meredith quickly befriended, trading pleasantries about kids and family.
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The encounter with between Trump and the chiefs was brief and limited to social pleasantries, the official said.
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While Ivanka did not attend that meeting, she exchanged "pleasantries" with the Russians as they exited Trump Tower.
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She was given an upgrade to first class in a seat next to Trump, and they exchanged pleasantries.
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Not especially cordial pleasantries are exchanged as Hugo and Carlotta warily reminisce about their times together and apart.
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At our town hall, I fiddled around by the front door while my mother exchanged pleasantries with Mrs.
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In testimony submitted to Capitol Hill investigators, Kushner said he "shook hands" and "exchanged brief pleasantries" with Kislyak.
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I stayed until evening, alternately working on my laptop while my grandmother napped and exchanging pleasantries with Vladlenna.
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One installation, "The Garden of Infinite Pleasantries," turned portable toilets into Japanese pagodas in a Teletubby-ish landscape.
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There is no prelude, no gradual exchange of pleasantries before you arrive at the meat of the conversation.
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Interaction is limited to waves and gestures, some pleasantries with shipping clerks, small talk at the truck stop.
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After exchanging pleasantries with Everton's coaching staff, Antonio Conte, the Chelsea manager, walked over to join his team.
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After exchanging pleasantries, Warren picked up the newborn, whose salmon onesie nearly matched the sweater Warren was wearing.
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After exchanging pleasantries, she told him, "you're here celebrating the death of 17 children," according to the Herald.
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After arriving at the White House complex, the two sides exchanged pleasantries and joked about the seating arrangements.
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Abuse and advice are free, but baristas are usually so busy they barely have time to make pleasantries.
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On Russia, in particular, Trump is likely to leave his briefings with a more skeptical eye toward Putin's pleasantries.
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His introduction consists of him attempting to cut the line at a club using stilted and practically sniffled pleasantries.
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And weddings and family gatherings would coalesce into distinct male and female clusters once initial pleasantries had been exchanged.
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It's far beyond the pleasantries now, what happens to WeWork could deeply shape how late-stage venture capital operates.
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Instead of asking a match "What's up?" or making boring pleasantries, the user launched right into an interactive story.
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Jesse Eisenberg didn't waste time with pleasantries when he happened upon an anti-LGBT protest in London on Saturday.
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According to the transcript, Scaramucci offered pleasantries about when the two could get together before moving on to business.
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He broke all of the rules for polite talk and pleasantries delivered by typical politicians over the past year.
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We exchanged pleasantries, and I tried to tell her how much she meant to me in so many words.
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Jen and Nick exchange pleasantries about how happy they are to have organically found each other on this island.
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Reuters reported that the two leaders exchanged pleasantries during an appearance in Beijing that featured an unusually sharp tone.
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Let's save the pleasantries and ride out the last few days of October staring at artists on Instagram instead.
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Here's why you should exchange pleasantries the next time you see a friendly face when you're out and about.
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The American side agreed, he said, because the meeting was expected to be a short, introductory exchange of pleasantries.
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Small talk was made and pleasantries exchanged, but I couldn't help noticing that there was not much eye contact.
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I thought about it as we sat at the table for Thanksgiving enjoying our turkey and sharing our pleasantries.
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A stream of regulars filed in, grabbing potato chips, gum and soda, and lingering to exchange gossip and pleasantries.
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We're told they did exchange greetings and pleasantries at the after-party they both attended, but that's about it.
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Mr. Flynn originally told Mr. Pence and others that the call was limited to small talk and holiday pleasantries.
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The two clans got along well, as their fathers, who had exchanged punches years ago, exchanged holiday pleasantries instead.
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Earlier on Friday, Trump and Putin were cordial as they exchanged pleasantries and posed for photos ahead of their meeting.
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She hugged me and thanked me and we exchanged some sweet pleasantries and then I let them continue their walk.
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Although you're fond of life's pleasantries, your version of abundance is to have the luxury to travel as you please.
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The pair exchanged pleasantries via a faked Hendo H-Bomb and Jones retaliated with a mock spinning elbow in return.
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"The leaders posed for photos in a rather poky room, saying little beyond pleasantries," read a White House pool report.
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The three men exchanged pleasantries, but did not make comments directly to reporters, before they went into the meeting room.
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For all the pleasantries that have been uttered between Trump and Obama, this President-elect is clearly is rightward-bound.
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Zennström enters the room in an upbeat and relaxed mood, and we exchange a few pleasantries — no social awkwardness detected.
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SIDE NOTE: at the end of this mix, Seth Curry exchanges on court pleasantries and hugging with his brother, Steph.
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As I settled into my seat before the performance began, I exchanged pleasantries with two women sitting to my right.
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The two reportedly exchanged pleasantries and mingled amongst the two groups before coming together in the Karaoke Room to party.
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He also received a sweet birthday Instagram message last year, but the two share more than just social media pleasantries.
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The first summit helped establish a "leader-level relationship," but Hanoi will be time to move beyond smiles and pleasantries.
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With residents and shopkeepers used to exchanging pleasantries in the street, many of them counted the victims among their friends.
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Trump pulled Macron aside for a quick chat on their way into the summit and Macron posted the pleasantries on Twitter.
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With the exception of when she exchanged pleasantries with other dignitaries on the stage, Clinton, for the most part, appeared stoic.
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They exchanged pleasantries and shook hands in a move that can only be described as both classy and gentlemanly of Macron.
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Obama, the first sitting American president in 88 years to visit Cuba, exchanged pleasantries with Castro through an interpreter Monday morning.
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For about 212 minutes, after Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton exchanged initial pleasantries, the two candidates let their contempt boil over.
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The 2018 Golden Globes weren't a time for pleasantries or mere callouts to one's castmembers who helped propel them to victory.
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So when the movie star saw the major heading his way, he said something about Olivia that didn't pass for pleasantries.
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We exchanged pleasantries and yawns over much-needed coffee as he started to tell me about his plans for the future.
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Pleasantries behind us, we moved on to the next step, both uncertain of how it was exactly supposed to play out.
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They appeared to warmly exchange pleasantries with George W. and Laura Bush before the four entered the building without taking questions.
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Mattis and Al Attiyah were seated next to each other and exchanged pleasantries before reporters were ushered out of the room.
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They were assigned where to stand, but the two men laughed and exchanged pleasantries, creating an awkward dynamic given recent tensions.
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You will find no similar photo of Jay Cutler and Brady exchanging pleasantries after Miami's victory just one week prior, however.
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In the private residence, Selina and Charlie Baird decide to skip the foreplay — dinner and fake pleasantries — and just have sex.
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After exchanging pleasantries about the upcoming tour and how much we both love Riot Grrl, we got down to brass tacks.
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We exchanged pleasantries ("Good morning, oh yes, very cold today …") and I turned back to checking my email on my phone.
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That said, these officials said that if the North Koreans had approached Pence with pleasantries, he would have responded in kind.
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Every morning, he would barge into the houses around the village to exchange pleasantries for no longer than five minutes each.
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After both players were ejected, Cousins tried to track down Durant outside the Warriors' locker room — and not to exchange pleasantries.
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"This is weird," Hurley told Linden's coach, Phil Colicchio, when the latter came over to exchange pleasantries before the November practice.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, who has defended U.S. ties with Saudi Arabia, "exchanged pleasantries" with the crown prince, the White House said.
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Attendees were allowed a maximum of two signed books, without personalization, and Woods exchanged pleasantries as he signed on the title page.
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If it was up to him, everyone would have exchanged surface pleasantries and eaten the slop he served for dinner in peace.
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The elegant woman left me and walked around the party exchanging pleasantries with other guests; soon I had almost forgotten about her.
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At this point, getting a meeting with the Migos is probably the best sign that your on the path to life's pleasantries.
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But beneath the smiling handshakes and whispered pleasantries was the unmistakable impression the global alliance of industrialized nations has changed for good.
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After their collective irritation with U.S. withdrawals from the Paris climate agreement and Iran nuclear deal, they're no longer hiding behind pleasantries.
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Regardless of why Democrats waited for Mr. Brown before completing the health bill, Mr. McConnell is not one to follow such pleasantries.
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As candidates exchanged pleasantries and handshakes on stage, Elizabeth Warren approached Bernie Sanders, who stretched out his hand for her to shake.
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They exchange daily pleasantries with doormen and bodega owners and grapple with the incomprehensible fact that some people sleep on the sidewalk.
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Finally, palms pressed and pleasantries exchanged, Piazza stole away to a modest private box where he could reflect on his professional transformation.
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In an imperceptible instant, she decided it just wasn't happening that afternoon, exchanged a few pleasantries with her producers and was gone.
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The next stage is a series of virtual introductions and pleasantries between your computer and the website you've requested (in this case Google.com).
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It confirms the date and, after a few pleasantries, ends the call with the receptionist seemingly unaware they'd just conversed with a computer.
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I made pleasantries with everyone, even the woman who came up on the porch, leaning in to get a good look at me.
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As soon as it feels natural to scrap the "Hello, [Name of Person]" pleasantries and the redundant "Thanks, [Your Name]" goodbyes, do it.
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While the duo did not exchange any pleasantries on the carpet, the also did not engage in any yelling or high-heel throwing.
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But if you find yourself getting the runaround and cold shoulder as you come to collect, it's time to dispense with the pleasantries.
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Suggestions for those in management included pleasantries and promotions for Goofuses and scorn and complaints for Gallants as a means fomenting bad morale.
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The neighbor says the Clintons seemed relaxed and they exchanged pleasantries for a few minutes, took the pic, then went their separate ways.
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Both Vice President Mike Pence and Press Secretary Sean Spicer stated that the conversation was just a friendly exchange of holiday-related pleasantries.
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Eyewitnesses tell us Rihanna and Leo did, in fact, talk at her shindig -- but it was brief, and appeared to be mere pleasantries.
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After the game, Jackson exchanged pleasantries with Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who offered a bit of admiration and advice for the young Raven.
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"They exchanged pleasantries at the leaders session as he did with nearly every leader in attendance," a White House official told pool reporters.
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While Tarek and Ant, who hosts Discovery's Wheeler Dealers, see each other regularly at school functions, they don't have a relationship beyond pleasantries.
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Mr. Sanders tried to capitalize on his win, dispensing with the pleasantries and the desire he once professed to avoid negative attacks. Mrs.
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After the superfluous pleasantries standard with all bots these days, And Chill asks you to tell it a movie you liked and why.
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We exchanged pleasantries and stolen glances of angst or anticipation during the match itself, but little else until the end and the hugs.
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A gaggle of photographers snapped photos outside the festival entrance, as festival goers offered pleasantries in the form of middle fingers and insults.
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The norm has been for the president-elect's team to respect the sitting president, and to limit discussions with foreign governments to pleasantries.
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You say hi, exchange a few pleasantries, reaffirm the need for close cooperation on issues of mutual concern, and then hang up the phone.
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Two former presidents have gone from exchanging pleasantries with world leaders to trying to one-up each other with who has the smarter grandchildren.
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Our recollection is that the interaction between Mr. Trump and Ambassador Kislyak was limited to the polite exchange of pleasantries appropriate on such occasions.
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Lynch has insisted that the conversation between herself, her husband and Clinton stuck purely to pleasantries, such as Clinton's grandchildren, golf and mutual acquaintances.
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They exchanged pleasantries, and then résumés, with Mahdavi talking about her work on the Hôtel du Cloître, a nineteen-room former monastery in Arles.
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In a famous scene where Alvy and Annie have just met, their true thoughts appear on the screen as they feed each other pleasantries.
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It is as though she doesn't think there will be enough time for everything on her mind if we keep up with the pleasantries.
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By now, all the online Arsenal celebs were milling around and exchanging pleasantries like a big family, including Arsenal Twitter kingpin Hugh Wizzy (above).
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Living outside of the United States for the past 13 years, I was struck by the importance other cultures place on pleasantries and formalities.
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After a brief exchange of pleasantries, he reached into his pocket, pulled out two cannabis cartridge pens and slapped them onto the kitchen table.
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Bernie Sanders' candid admission that he is "not good at pleasantries" was a genuine moment of self-reflection in a candidate for national office.
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In July 2016, Page gave a speech at the New Economic School, a Moscow university, exchanging "nice pleasantries" afterwards with Russia's deputy prime minister.
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Democrats and Republicans would normally be exchanging smiles and pleasantries — "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" — but there was little holiday cheer in the Capitol.
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One possibility is litigation, in which siblings hire lawyers to make their cases against each other in legal briefs unfit for Thanksgiving dinner pleasantries.
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Soon, Christopher and his entourage made their way to the parking lot, exchanging amicable pleasantries with their Greek American counterparts and anticipating the playoffs.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took flak for amiably shaking the crown prince's hand and exchanging pleasantries during his visit to Riyadh this week.
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Markle, 36, was shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries with bystanders in Cheshire on June 14 when a woman recorded a conversation between her and Markle.
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While waiting for the monarch, Harry was seen talking to Zara and exchanging pleasantries with Kate, but did not say anything to his elder brother.
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According to the White House pool report, the pair "exchanged pleasantries" when they first met in San Juan, and Trump asked Cruz how she was.
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Image: ESO/ALMA/Hyosun KimWhen the world was young and unsullied, we did wholesome things, like laugh at Cheezburger memes and other cat-related pleasantries.
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"The time for pleasantries and accommodation is truly over now," Ellie Geranmayeh, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, told VICE News.
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Ri and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were both attending the forum and briefly shook hands and exchanged pleasantries at the start of the meeting.
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Before that, their face-to-face conversations were limited to a meeting in the Oval Office and pleasantries over coffee ahead of Trump's swearing-in.
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Trump has characterized the conversation with Putin, which happened at a G20 dinner without any aides present, as "pleasantries," but he confirmed adoptions came up.
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It should not be assumed that Pence in particular didn't know the truth of the matter when he claimed Flynn and Kislyak exchanged Christmas pleasantries.
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I knew that somewhere near us something utterly horrific was happening, and I was sitting at the table with coffee and biscuits, awash in pleasantries.
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The pleasantries came before Engel tracked down another long fly ball — this time off Higashioka in the fifth inning with the Yankees trailing 1-0.
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As a matter of custom, these interactions are usually off the record and stick mainly to pleasantries, wrapping up in less than half an hour.
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In the novel's funniest scene, Charlie meets Miranda's ailing father, who thinks he hears the rattle of an algorithm in the younger man's repetitive pleasantries.
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Ms. Lynch said they had only exchanged pleasantries about golf and grandchildren, but Republicans called for her to recuse herself and appoint a special prosecutor.
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Flynn originally insisted to his administration colleagues that the calls with Kislyak were a simple exchanges of pleasantries — a line that senior officials used publicly.
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"She was good people," Edwin Lopez, 62, who exchanged pleasantries with her while walking his dog, Nike, at the Water's Edge Crescent complex in Elizabethport.
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"She was good people," Edwin Lopez, 267, who exchanged pleasantries with her while walking his dog, Nike, at the Water's Edge Crescent complex in Elizabethport.
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Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna weren't faking it when they exchanged Twitter pleasantries -- the two are actively communicating and repairing their relationship ... for Dream's sake.
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And the advantage is that you don't need a bunch of time-wasting pleasantries to ensure no one misinterprets your message as sarcastic or pissed off.
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Abbas visited Trump at the White House on May 4, with the two leaders exchanging smiling pleasantries and high hopes for restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
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And pajarete drinking is an event, uniting people in an early morning haze of booze, chat and conviviality, exchanging pleasantries (and sometimes snacks) with elderly Mexicans.
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But after my first few turns with fully automated Amy, I felt stupid for exchanging pleasantries with a machine and sent back cold and mechanical responses.
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Billy Payne, the chairman of Augusta National, has also attended Wimbledon and exchanged notes and pleasantries with Philip Brook, the chairman of the All England Club.
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He said that she only exchanged pleasantries with Mr. Papadopoulos, and that she understood only about half of the discussion between Mr. Mifsud and Mr. Papadopoulos.
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Sticking to his cool tone, when he ended his remarks to journalists in Paris, Putin thanked Merkel and Macron warmly but offered no pleasantries to Zelenskiy.
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He exchanged pleasantries with the officer on duty and did an official check-in, fulfilling a bail condition for his arrest in July for unlawful protesting.
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Despite the pleasantries exchanged at the White House Monday, the two remain on decidedly different pages when it comes to issues of immigration and border security.
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During her set, Azalea rarely spoke, only exchanging quick pleasantries with the crowd of about 2,000 at the hotel's outdoor pool area above the Las Vegas Strip.
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The emails reveal that Mimi Haleyi, who claimed Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006, exchanged pleasantries with the defendant years after the alleged incident.
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Over in New York, Donald Trump and Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull have been exchanging pleasantries, while trying to get everyone to forget about that phone call.
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"He was remarkably fit — flat stomach, toned arms — for a forty-five year old man," Alford writes, and details how the two exchanged pleasantries while treading water.
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The White House on Friday morning released a memo detailing President Donald Trump's first call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which the two leaders exchanged pleasantries.
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Their exchange of pleasantries, with repeated expressions of "enchanted," becomes a complex ensemble in which sustained vocal lines mingle in clashing harmonies over lurching, jerky orchestra chords.
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We exchanged pleasantries and he asked me if I was enjoying the weather, which had been sunny and warm for a few days despite it being winter.
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Normally, the leaders exchange handshakes and pleasantries, pretend not to hear troublesome questions and dismiss the news media pack as soon as they can without looking impolite.
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As they exchanged pleasantries it was revealed that one of them was employed at the disruptive, cultishly beloved "closet in the cloud" subscription service Rent the Runway.
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Don't be reassured by the recent pleasantries between him and Emmanuel Macron: Much of Western Europe is reeling from what it considers a surrender of American leadership.
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These encounters range from wholly friendly exchanges of pleasantries or mutually useful information to hostile confrontations of armed men involving arrests, or injuries, or loss of life.
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For example, if you tend to use short language without pleasantries in emails, you could let people know that it's not personal, it's just how you respond.
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Joseph Scott, an engineering technician, said he exchanged pleasantries with the quiet, 40-year-old certified professional engineer for the city in the bathroom shortly before the carnage.
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Should I bump into a countryman on a New York street, I will avoid eye contact and make only the vaguest of pleasantries before hurrying on my way.
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"Because the current President is still in office, calls made during the transition period should be high level, non-substantive, and consist largely of diplomatic pleasantries," they wrote.
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"After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton," he said.
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President Calvin Coolidge and his Mexican counterpart, Plutarco Elías Calles, exchanged pleasantries on this day in 1927 to celebrate the start of a telephone service between the countries.
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He said people know that lawmakers practice at the field, and described a normal morning in which dog-walkers and other early risers share pleasantries in the morning.
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Both parties in this conflict would be well served to shake hands, exchange pleasantries and apologies and move on to more constructive uses of their time and energy.
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When we pulled into the parking lot, a man greeted Ross—this happened every single time the car stopped, and sometimes when it didn't—and they exchanged pleasantries.
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One Senate Democrat told me he'd tried for days to connect with Republicans, both on and off the floor during breaks, only to be politely rebuffed after pleasantries.
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The two leaders exchanged pleasantries, while their aides verbally jousted about Russia's suspected role in meddling in the U.S. general election, with questions and inquiries swirling in Washington.
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" He continued: "After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton.
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The mixes fuse a buffet of elements; WET's most popular upload to date, "Zaumne - Élévation," is an amalgam of pleasantries: falling rain, rustling leaves, a whispering voice, chimes.
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Obama and Duterte made some steps toward clearing the air late on Wednesday, chatting briefly, and exchanging pleasantries as they prepared to take their seats at a leaders' dinner.
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Liu greeted Mnuchin and Lighthizer as they arrived at a state guest house in Beijing and the three men exchanged pleasantries, but did not make comments directly to reporters.
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By his own account, "pleasantries were exchanged" before they started talking about Clinton and Russia, which makes it hard to believe that Trump Jr. wasn't aware of her nationality.
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Gathered around a circular table in Merkel's Chancellery, the leaders exchanged pleasantries but made no substantive remarks as reporters were allowed in briefly for the start of the meeting.
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Politicians' social media accounts usually teeter between boring pleasantries with colleagues and harsh criticisms of the opposing party, but Twitter got an unexpected laugh Monday night when Texas Sen.
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"A little bit of 'How's your father' going on out there," said the color commentator, Lou Stanfill, framing the fisticuffs in sports-talk fashion as an exchange of pleasantries.
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Veselnitskaya told NBC News this year that after she left that meeting and was waiting for an elevator, she exchanged pleasantries with a woman she believed was Ivanka Trump.
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Back on the arctic trail North of the Wall, Jon Snow and Beric exchange some New Age-y pleasantries about the Lord of Light, self-determination, and Divine indifference.
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Yet instead of exchanging pleasantries with executives from the Football Association in a suite high above the field, Del Nero was almost 6,000 miles away, at home in Brazil.
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However, the Treasury secretary said that no progress was made on that front in multicountry meetings, and that aside from pleasantries, he had no communication with the Chinese delegation.
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"After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton," Trump Jr. said.
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In the hospital, she meets Olivia (who has aided the patient's recovery, with a Rothian flourish, by jerking him off under the bedclothes), and the two women swap pleasantries.
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In May 2014, Puig flipped his bat after a long home run, and Bumgarner took exception, waiting for Puig as he rounded third base before the two exchanged pleasantries.
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It was moments like those — earnest calls to put humor and pleasantries aside when the occasion called for more — that helped make his work onstage that much more resonant.
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Donald Trump and President Barack Obama exchanged pleasantries at the White House on Thursday as the two leaders began a transition to the Trump administration following a vitriolic presidential campaign.
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As we exchanged pleasantries, she slipped me their manager's number—she actually turned out to be Geri 2 (Anna Slater)—to arrange a date with the rest of the group.
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So, rather than wasting that friendly chatter on the weather or pleasantries that don't extend past, "I'm fine, thanks!" use these tips to best leverage that time to your advantage.
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If I have said 50 words in my life to John Boehner, I'd be surprised, and every one of them has consisted of pleasantries, 'Good to see ya Mr. Speaker.
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On one front, experts were in agreement: Despite the claims from the White House, an hour-long conversation goes far beyond exchanging pleasantries, especially when it's an hour with Putin.
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But as he exchanged pleasantries with a visitor in the lobby, he spoke only of the most unruly protesters, and how they had complicated the cherished narrative of progress here.
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He would often deliver films of himself doing chores, like raking leaves, at high speed, but over time he learned to slow down enough to exchange pleasantries with Mr. Rogers.
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After news of the calls became public, Mr. Flynn misled Mr. Pence about what he had discussed with Mr. Kislyak, telling him that the two had only exchanged holiday pleasantries.
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He then skipped right past the pleasantries about the peak achievement of my career to tell me he had been wanting to call me about several things I had written.
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It is difficult to refrain from ordinary pleasantries when attending a funeral, and people are likely to blurt out "Great to see you" before they realize how jarring that is.
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Mr. Flynn misled some White House officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, about the substance of the phone calls, saying that he and the ambassador had only exchanged holiday pleasantries.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump thought he could sell balky Republican senators like Ron Johnson of Wisconsin on the Senate health care bill through pleasantries, cajoling and, ultimately, some Oval Office muscle.
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" The conversations usually start innocently enough, but after the usual pleasantries are exchanged, the creep catcher will write something along the lines of, "I'm actually only 12, is that OK?
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Telang, a student at Vibgyor High School, Pune, illustrated greeneries, water, water life, balloons and other pleasantries in her picture with the message that people should try to enjoy every moment.
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All pleasantries aside, let me put it this way: The California T is the first car that both sides of my brain — the car-nerd and car-skeptic — ever agreed upon.
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Early in the week, commitments to your family and roommates are business as usual, with pleasantries being replaced by tasks as your planetary ruler Venus meets stern Saturn early Monday morning.
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Some experts suggest Trump and Putin exchanging pleasantries is a positive step but may not be enough to fix the relationship that has suffered from long-standing differences over geopolitical issues.
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Kushner also helped organized the event, and he told congressional investigators earlier this summer that he briefly "shook hands" and "exchanged brief pleasantries" with Kislyak at a reception before Trump's speech.
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These are––generally speaking––paranoid, twitchy, busy people, and so conversation, if it exists at all, shouldn't extend much past mumbled pleasantries in the back of a blacked-out Vauxhall Astra.
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"After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton," Trump Jr. told the Times.
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While small pleasantries are easy to dismiss in the multi-billion dollar restaurant business, these little things have played a key role in setting Chick-fil-A apart from the competition.
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Bryant, 37, who bypassed college for the N.B.A., called Hield over, and they exchanged pleasantries before Bryant returned to his seat to watch the second half of Duke's loss to Oregon.
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" The account of the Trump Tower meeting, via some participants: "According to a person who was there, after some pleasantries about the view of Central Park, Don got straight to it.
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There were no handshakes or pleasantries between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump in their final debate, which moved quickly from a discussion of policy to a flurry of personal attacks.
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After exchanging pleasantries with Russia's leader, for whom she has openly expressed admiration, Le Pen pledged that one of her first actions as president would be to cancel sanctions against Russia.
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Eisen — a former White House lawyer in the Obama administration who worked as a part-time House Judiciary Committee counsel — hugged Dershowitz, and the two exchanged what appeared to be pleasantries.
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It is, perhaps, a sign of the times that I find it difficult to watch a five-minute video that only offers some visual pleasantries without any comedy or famous guest stars.
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"After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton," Trump Jr. said in a statement .
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Pleasantries -- "The closeness between the US and Mexico is more than a relationship between two governments," Peña Nieto said during a visit to the US, saying he would work with anyone elected.
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The two leaders interacted briefly on Wednesday night during a dinner for leaders gathered here in the Lao capital for a summit, but exchanged only "pleasantries," according to a White House official.
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By the time you've exchanged pleasantries, set up recording equipment, and tried to establish a flow with the person you're interviewing, there's not much time to have a meaningful back and forth.
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Never have I had an interview subject in journalism so immune to pleasantries and so reluctant to discuss anything outside of the news item of the day on which he was discoursing.
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Calling out dumb intricacies of societal norms, scoffing at the pleasantries that diffuse the nonsense, and generally being immune to the crap of daily existence (which he deals with because that's life).
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"After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton," Trump Jr. said in a statement.
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"After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton," Trump Jr. said in the statement.
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Beneath the pleasantries, it was clear that Mike thought I was putting my son at risk of turning into what used to be called a sissy — a concept whose demise he regrets.
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She didn't bother with her usual pleasantries; the 23-year-old was still fuming at Peter's behavior and was ready to air out the details of their doomed-from-the-start relationship.
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The backdrop to President Donald Trump's recent visit to India was eerily disquieting and strikingly dissonant — presidential pleasantries exchanged in almost a Shakespearean contrast to the religiously driven rioting just miles away.
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Doing her best Jackie O. impression in a Ralph Lauren suit, Melania exchanged pleasantries and cheek kisses with the outgoing FLOTUS — but Michelle looked like she wasn't sure where to put the gift.
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The White House told pool reporters that Trump "exchanged pleasantries" with the crown prince during the leaders' session on Friday, "as he did with nearly every leader in attendance," according to The Hill.
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Vientiane, Laos (CNN)President Barack Obama exchanged "pleasantries" with his Philippines counterpart on Wednesday following an ugly outburst earlier this week that led to a cancellation of formal talks between the two leaders.
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To the contrary, they will have traced the path by which a future Democratic majority dispenses with all the pleasantries and enacts a simple, and truly universal plan, like Medicare for all: 1.
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Pleasantries dispatched, Ms. Somers managed a vampy strut — as vampy as you can strut with a crutch, anyway — down a hallway that features "wellnes" offerings so "modrn" that extraneous letters are scarcely needed.
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According to two administration officials, Mr. Flynn told Mr. Pence in January that he had only exchanged pleasantries with Mr. Kislyak during a phone call in December and denied discussing sanctions with him.
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The waiter and Schweinsteiger, the German soccer star and World Cup winner, exchanged pleasantries before Schweinsteiger was left to his lunch, which had been delayed by unexpected traffic that had made him late.
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During the meeting, after pleasantries were exchanged, as I had done in many of the meetings I had and would have with foreign officials, I stated our desire for a fresh start in relations.
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For instance, with Comfort rides you can request your temperature preferences in advance and toggle on "quiet mode" if you'd like to stick to quick pleasantries with the driver and then ride in silence.
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"After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton," the Times quoted Donald Trump Jr. as saying.
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" Trump Jr. told the Times in a statement: "After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton.
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He leads me to a glass office with Dean Baquet and Arthur Sulzberger, The Times's publisher, whom I once exchanged pleasantries with in a parking lot at a journalism conference but otherwise barely know.
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Alan Cayetano, who was Duterte's vice-presidential running mate in this year's election, described the atmosphere as "warm and cordial", while a White House official said "the exchange consisted of pleasantries between the two".
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"Without having an office where you need to share pleasantries with your coworkers, boss, and clients, you need to find alternative methods of socializing with people on your own time," she told Business Insider.
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It was also a made-for-TV moment as the two men exchanged pleasantries -- "Nice to meet you Mr. President," Kim said to Trump -- before quickly heading to chairs where they made brief statements.
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And then there was Arya, a Stark with no patience for royal pleasantries, in both the pilot and last night's episode, whose whereabouts often alluded Sansa in both the pilot and season eight's premiere.
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After struggling through the (un)pleasantries, what Frusciante will talk about—and excitedly—is the jittery music he's been making since diving headlong into the world of analog electronic programming almost a decade ago.
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As I, a black woman, move through my daily routine, I exchange nonverbal social pleasantries with my neighbors — gestures that are calculated to avoid the kind of actual conversation that could quickly become uncomfortable.
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I think there's this cultural misunderstanding, especially in a place like the Midwest where people are really, really polite, and Korean service is all about delivering food really quickly and not really exchanging pleasantries.
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At the school talent show, knowing looks volleyed from blond head to blond head as the women scooted their chairs closer to friends to gossip in low voices or exchange pleasantries in louder ones.
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After short pleasantries, they notified Young that a council of Mormon men would decide September 213 whether his public criticism of the church, including a 214-day hunger strike, had rendered him an apostate.
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While the exchange included typical diplomatic pleasantries, and the two officials emphasised the need for cooperation, their remarks before journalists at the start of their meeting at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guest House were unusually pointed.
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And they exchanged pleasantries and finally she said, look, let's just get to the bottom line here, if I enroll my son in this school will he be in a segregated school, yes or know?
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While the exchange included typical diplomatic pleasantries, and the two officials emphasized the need for cooperation, their remarks before journalists at the start of their meeting at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guest House were unusually pointed.
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CNN)Moments after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi complimented President Donald Trump on his "unique personality that is capable of doing the impossible," Trump exchanged pleasantries back, praising el Sisi's shoes.
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While sidebars between leaders at global conferences are not unusual, such lengthy conversations, where more than pleasantries are being exchanged, rarely occur without an aide, a note taker or witness to record what was said.
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"After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton," Trump Jr. said in his statement to the paper.
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Frank Bruni: Ross, I would typically begin with some idle pleasantry — "Hey, it's good to talk with you" — but this doesn't seem to me a moment for idle pleasantries, and "good" just doesn't cut it.
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The #OscarsSoWhite controversy was a common thread throughout the Q&A sessions at the Beverly Hilton Monday, where all nominees gather a few weeks before the ceremony for annual pleasantries including a big group photo.
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The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that it "barely resembled" the July 25 call now at the center of the impeachment inquiry and that it was 'very brief,' and aimed mostly at offering introductory pleasantries.
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Towards the end of the comedy bit, which saw the actor becoming increasingly angry about having to make the same post-summer small talk with the SNL cast, Davidson appeared onstage to exchange pleasantries with Driver.
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Studies show that we engage in deception two times day on average — and that's not just "yes-your-hair-looks-great" pleasantries, but actual lies meant to mislead people on matters of at least passing consequence.
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The reluctance comes almost entirely from Nick, who since his previous partner was shot on the job has been consumed by guilt and anger to the point that a simple exchange of pleasantries is beyond him.
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A willingness to fight anybody, anytime, anyplace doesn't reward pleasantries, and being polite to the people you might fight means that you aren't being entirely honest about what you both intend to do to one another.
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It's not unusual for the incoming leader of one government to have a chat with the sitting leader of another, if only to exchange pleasantries, but Trump's call with Tsai is causing a huge diplomatic storm.
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The Google Assistant voices on each example call do not engage in any pleasantries and social markers of relationship or cooperative engagement other than to greet, stutter an "um" or "uh," and then state their demand.
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There are days when I walk home with headphones in but no music playing — when I viscerally resist any exchange of pleasantries; when I choose to exist in isolation in the largest city in the country.
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With his often-present laptop perched on his knees, it's where he exchanged pleasantries with neighbors he'd known for decades or called out to acquaintances lingering in the pocket-size Parc du Portugal across Rue Vallières.
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Studies show that we engage in deception two times day on average - and that's not just "yes-your-hair-looks-great" pleasantries, but actual lies meant to mislead people on matters of at least passing consequence.
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But instead of exchanging a few pleasantries and setting up a date (which wouldn't have been too difficult since they both attend Kent State University, after all), the two kept sending each other excuses for not responding.
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Plus, it never gets old to trade pleasantries with some random human being out there in the world, if only by striking a funny pose or busting out a slick dance move in the heat of battle.
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When it was time for the photo op in the East Room on Monday afternoon, the usual pleasantries were exchanged, with an autographed "W" flag and a, duh, No. 44 pinstriped jersey given to president No. 44.
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After the two couples exchanged pleasantries and smiled for photos at the South Portico, the Trumps invited the Turnbulls inside, where they had lunch together and the two leaders met and later gave a joint press conference.
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The funeral brought together Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, something no mediator has been able to do in recent years, and the men shook hands and exchanged pleasantries.
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It's also why his thoughts during an interview easily returned to the pineapple salesman, to the few moments of pleasantries exchanged at the roadside, to the 50 pesos left behind as a tip and a thank you.
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Less than a week after his managers tossed aside Hornacek, who, to his credit, mumbled nothing but pleasantries, Dolan talked to a New York Post writer and slipped a shiv in the ribs of the recently departed.
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Mr. Flynn had told Mr. Pence that the two men had merely exchanged holiday pleasantries, when in fact they had discussed sanctions that the Obama administration had imposed on Russia for its campaign to disrupt the election.
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" Describing a newly disclosed informal conversation he had with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia during a dinner of world leaders in Germany this month, Mr. Trump said they talked for about 15 minutes, mostly about "pleasantries.
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As she describes in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, after analysing each of more than 6,000 exchanged insults and pleasantries, she found that surgical communication does indeed mimic wild-animal behaviour, both collaborative and hostile.
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" Trump Jr. issues a new statement Trump Jr. tells the news media: "After pleasantries were exchanged the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Mrs. Clinton.
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Mr. Trump, as before, ignored the many issues that divide the United States and Russia, and it is far from clear that a Trump presidency, pleasantries aside, would augur a significant warming of relations between the two countries.
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Meyers was, in other words, prepared for the task of interviewing a presidential adviser — and one famous for manipulating questions to give more flattering answers, no less — in a way that pushed past the usual late-night pleasantries.
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"If I have said 50 words in my life to John Boehner, I'd be surprised, and every one of them has consisted of pleasantries," Mr. Cruz told reporters, noting that he had never really worked with Mr. Boehner.
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Libra season found mysterious and intense Pluto very active as we shadily calculated our actions, and it has a few moments left before it's gone, so take this opportunity to kiss the polite pleasantries of Libra season goodbye!
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The newly elected French president told a French journal Sunday that his handshake with US President Donald Trump during a meeting during the NATO gathering in Brussels last week was about much more than just an exchange of pleasantries.
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Trump and Putin joined other heads of state to exchange pleasantries while posing next to each other for the summit's "family photo" Friday, with Trump standing between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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He also allegedly made a similar claim about his relationship with the Russian woman, arguing that he had only exchanged pleasantries with her when he had in fact emailed her about arranging meetings between the Russians and Trump representatives.
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JERUSALEM — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories was expected to be one of public pleasantries and private talks on regional energy and a new military aid package for Israel.
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German officials say that when Mr. Trump speaks on the phone with Ms. Merkel, he harangues her from the start about Germany's military spending and its trade surplus with the United States, almost before the usual pleasantries are made.
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WASHINGTON — The renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement sputtered forward on Tuesday as officials from the United States, Canada and Mexico concluded their second round of talks with plenty of pleasantries but little major progress to announce.
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Modern Love On this week's podcast, the actor and comedian Paul Rust reads Tim Boomer's essay "The End of Small Talk," about the rule he set when he re-entered the dating world after a breakup: no pleasantries allowed.
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He's only been there a few months, and during that time we've exchanged pleasantries, and one time I shared an elevator with him while he vibrated at jet-engine frequencies with a hangover one Saturday, but that's about it.
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With a simple exchange of pleasantries and a cordial handshake, Trump and Putin began their bilateral meeting as if it were business as usual — no super-aggressive physical posturing, no awkward off-the-cuff remarks, no overly chummy chuckles.
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A new Pew Research Center study has shown that despite the common wisdom that politics and social pleasantries don't mix very well, political discussion that happens on social media could be changing the minds of many who witness it.
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The two leaders shook hands and exchanged pleasantries at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the DMZ, the heavily fortified dividing line between North and South Korea established as part of the armistice that halted the Korean War in 1953.
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National poll: Independents help Clinton build lead And as Carr read questions from the voters in the room, each would stand up to identify themselves, giving Trump a chance to interact -- with pleasantries or an exchange of glances -- with them.
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It's unclear whether Lando and Qi'ra actually have a history (he tells her she looks "phenomenal" with a thorough look down during pleasantries), but at the very least they are two attractive people who have worked together in the past.
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One man who came told a story of meeting Rosemary purely by chance, how he would see her running near the hospital on his lunch break and they would exchange pleasantries until, one day, he had his dog with him.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told an inquiry into state corruption that he had met and exchanged pleasantries in the past with members of the Gupta family, friends of former president Jacob Zuma who are accused of influence-peddling.
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Trump, who has repeatedly dismissed reports of Russian interference in the election, and urged the country on Thursday to "move on" from the issue, has exchanged pleasantries with Putin, prompting speculation he may be open to a change in relations.
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Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Monday there would be no point meeting Putin just for pleasantries, although he indicated the two leaders may meet in Berlin on the same day for a summit to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.
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"As we were exchanging pleasantries, Curtis Hill leaned toward me as if he could not hear me and placed his hand on my back and slid his hand down to my buttocks and grabbed it," Candelaria Reardon wrote in the newspaper.
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After shaking his hand and exchanging pleasantries, the first lady held her rosary beads in her left hand, extended to Pope Francis, who then blessed them, bending to make the sign of the cross, placing his right hand over hers.
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We first hear Marnie (the plush-voiced mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard) exchanging meek pleasantries when introduced by her officious boss, Mr. Strutt (the clarion tenor Anthony Dean Griffey), to a self-assured client, Mark Rutland (the sturdy, suave baritone Christopher Maltman).
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"We would see Bill at all the fashion shows, and sometimes we would sit next to each other and exchange pleasantries," said Mr. Aguiar, a vice president for fashion and the creative director in New York for Modern Luxury Magazines.
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No sooner had Bresnik mentioned the Romanian impresario Ion Tiriac's effect on his life when Tiriac appeared in person in a Panama hat, exchanging pleasantries and prematch counsel on the eve of Thiem's French Open semifinal against Rafael Nadal on Friday.
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After the two leaders exchanged pleasantries and agreed that European countries should provide more aid to Ukraine, Mr. Zelensky stated that Ukraine was ready to discuss "next steps" and specifically raised his desire to buy weapons from the United States.
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After a few pleasantries, the Wolf gets down to the business of stage-managing the situation with effortless ease; swiftly and curtly directing Vincent and Jules to clean up the bloody bits of brain from the back seat of the car.
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With all the ambassadors, including Mr. Kislyak, we shook hands, exchanged brief pleasantries and I thanked them for attending the event and said I hoped they would like candidate Trump's speech and his ideas for a fresh approach to America's foreign policy.
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In the video, Corden arrives at the airport (some protestors can be spotted as he enters the building), goes through security, casually orders a grilled cheese sandwich once past the screening area, and exchanges pleasantries with a flight attendant while boarding his flight.
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The two briefly exchanged pleasantries before the briefing, but when González-Colón's comments reached their crescendo and most of the assembled crowd applauded for the federal and military response, Yulín Cruz kept her hands clasped in front of her, refusing to join in.
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Trump reportedly asked McCabe whether he voted for him in 2016: The two men exchanged pleasantries, but before long, Trump, according to several current and former U.S. officials, asked Andrew McCabe a pointed question: Whom did he vote for in the 2016 election?
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The two leaders shook hands and exchanged pleasantries at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the heavily fortified dividing line between North and South Korea established as part of the armistice that halted the Korean War in 1953.
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I liked the security of the app in that I didn't get unsolicited messages and if I didn't feel like a match was going to go further than a cursory exchange of pleasantries I could unmatch and not talk to them again.
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The White House initially said it was social, just pleasantries and small talk, and in an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, the president expanded on his reasoning for talking with Putin at a dinner for world leaders at the summit.
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Burba has been releasing groovy pleasantries as iji since he was 15, with tracks like "Tumbleweed & Company" harnessing his ability to build an imaginative space from nothing, just as he described the desert's dry wash as an "infinite playground" for local kids.
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VIENTIANE, Laos — It was brief and it was only pleasantries, but President Obama and President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines spoke to each other on Wednesday, just two days after Mr. Duterte's profane outburst prompted Mr. Obama to cancel their first meeting.
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Manila (CNN)President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who lavished pleasantries on each other during public appearances in Manila Monday, "briefly" discussed human rights and the Philippine's bloody war on drugs during their closed-door conversation, the White House said.
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Nor did he meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, though he did exchange pleasantries with the prince, whom he has pulled close despite charges that the prince had a role in the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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The terse post-debate exchange between Warren and Sanders was all the more striking because it came during a routine round of pleasantries among the rivals, as the crowd's applause still echoed inside the Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University in Des Moines.
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With an expletive name that's a satirical nod to the banal pleasantries that permeate daily conversation — and a sendup of the overly mannered world of fragrance — it is currently being reconfigured into a woody, spicy and slightly fruity perfume for release this fall.
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With an expletive name that's a satirical nod to the banal pleasantries that permeate daily conversation — and a sendup of the overly mannered world of fragrance — it is currently being reconfigured into a woody, spicy and slightly fruity perfume for release this fall.
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In the email, Salerno outlined a four-point agenda for meeting, which included "greetings and pleasantries about our shared experiences over decades together as colleagues," as well as a question and answer session to get Redstone's thoughts a the board strategy meeting held last week.
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The next few minutes were a blur of exchanging brief pleasantries with inmates—one of whom introduced me to Felix, the resident blue heeler mutt who'd been brought in to chase geese off the yard and had since become the penitentiary's de facto therapy dog.
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The rough text of the 16-minute call from April 21 amounts to mostly pleasantries between the two presidents, and appears likely to be used by the White House as evidence that Trump had no devious intentions with regard to his approach to Ukraine.
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Dinesh Chawla said that their company had had no contact with Mr. Trump since he became president — "I didn't think he had a chance in hell of winning," he said — and that their dealings with the president's sons were largely limited to business and pleasantries.
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A sweet bond develops between the two, and I'm sure it's Rockstar's intention to have the player believing that Bonnie has affection for John that goes deeper than the pleasantries they exchange, and John certainly has a great deal of respect for her, too.
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The next few minutes were a blur of exchanging brief pleasantries with inmates—one of whom introduced me to Felix, the resident blue heeler mutt who'd been brought in to chase geese off the yard and had since become the penitentiary's defacto therapy dog.
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We spoke a little then, pleasantries mostly and the obligatory questions about college; applications had been sent out and the students were waiting to hear back, and though we were all sick of talking about it, it was the subject we all returned to.
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But on September 7, a little more than one month after a gunman in a racially motivated attack killed 22 people in El Paso and following another gunman's shooting rampage in the cities of Midland and Odessa, pleasantries and politics will be cast aside.
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I'll start writing a message, realize I haven't spoken to the recipient in years and have no idea what's happening in their life, ramble some incoherent pleasantries, put the pen down to rethink my strategy, and find the card on a dusty bookcase six months later.
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You're sitting in a small room, forced to exchange both pleasantries and intimate details of your inner life with total strangers, in the hope of making Great Art—or at least a song that'll be relatable tenough to stick in the heads of even more strangers.
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Whether you exchange pleasantries for a few minutes before the hiring manager jumps in with questions or you want to fill the silence during that shared stroll to the conference room, you need to be prepared to engage in some professional — and, ideally, impressive — small talk.
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But the move also heralds the end of an era and a way of life that precedes even the opening of the Triborough Bridge in 1936, when collectors would extend a hand — and perhaps exchange some pleasantries or worse — as they collected a 25-cent toll.
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WASHINGTON — Even for an era of strained relations, the images that crossed back over the Atlantic last week stood out: Seven Republican senators and one Republican congresswoman ushered into a Moscow conference room, exchanging pleasantries with top Russian officials on the eve of American Independence Day.
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Rudolph repeated multiple times her request that any pleasantries I may or may not have exchanged with zero to four of her children at any point during our interview sessions (all of which took place in public spaces, rather than at her home) not be described.
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Here is what I was not prepared for: A stern, six-foot tall retired United States Marshal, built like a brick house and with little time for pleasantries, telling me he'd kick me out of the courthouse if I sent one more tweet about the trial.
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Here are more takeaways from the New York Times interview: Discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin: Despite reports that Trump and Putin broke away from a dinner at the G20 meeting and spoke for about an hour, the president said the discussion was only about 15 minutes pleasantries.
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But most in Silicon Valley have no direct lines into the Trump administration, aside from tweeting congratulatory pleasantries at it in the vain hope of detente, so it will be a rough road for a while until the expected lobbying compromises are made in D.C. over the next year.
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I didn't know her as well as I knew Paul, my own plus-sized friend, and, until she moved in with her mother, in Ventura, thirty minutes south of us, I thought of her only when we exchanged a few pleasantries over the phone before Nola picked up.
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But considering the Browns' 63-1 record under Coach Gregg Williams, it might be more instructive to figure out why the team has performed so much better since Jackson's firing than to overanalyze the pleasantries, or lack thereof, with a coach who is no longer running the team.
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After exchanging the usual pleasantries, Maleson, then a member of Brazil's Olympic Committee, knew that the official, Ruy Cezar Miranda, an aide to the city's mayor, had just returned from a trip to Nigeria for a meeting with a group of African members of the International Olympic Committee.
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"I've been in a position before where a president has turned to me in the Oval Office in a difficult moment, without any pleasantries, and said 'I'm asking you as your president and Commander in Chief to take command of the international security force in Afghanistan," Petraeus told the BBC.
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The two couples exchanged pleasantries, before the Obamas boarded the helicopter for the quick hop to Joint Base Andrews, where daughters Malia and Sasha awaited—along with the Air Force jet that, for the next four years, will only be known as Air Force One when Trump is on board.
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In another sign of tensions that belied the public pleasantries exchanged by Mr. Kim and Mr. Trump, the United States complained to a United Nations sanctions panel this week about what the Trump administration has described as rampant violations of the severe limits on North Korean imports of refined petroleum.
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There was an often agreeably random opening (wrestlers?), some pleasantries (in Iowa, shout-outs to Karen Handel, who had just beaten Jon Ossoff in a special congressional election in Georgia, and Steve Scalise, who had just been shot at a softball game), a brief tour through the headlines (North Korea).
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Whether as a first lady with designs beyond baking cookies and peddling pleasantries, a senatorial candidate, the secretary of state, or a presidential nominee, Clinton has spent years honing her skills in navigating the treacherous obstacle course that is getting what she wants while keeping politicians and voters alike on her side.
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As much as a Dany/Sansa sleepover would make for good memes, a much better use of their characters is to have them work through their struggles on screen, deepening their relationship and giving them more credit as individuals than any pleasantries could — which is why other fans are absolutely living for their dynamic.
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Gaze upon Hazard as he exchanges pleasantries with nearly seven Arsenal defenders, bidding them hello as he carries along, pulling up fresh sod with his carefree stride, the ball on a tight leash: Look as he meets the goal mouth, and releases the ball, like it had just reached the gates of a dog park.
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Futerfas says during his conversation the Agalarov representative corroborated what has already been reported about the meeting: that in the first couple of minutes there were pleasantries exchanged and then the Russian lawyer discussed the information she allegedly had about Russia donating to the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton before moving on to the topic of adoptions.
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So it was, in the throes of the presidential primary chaos, that the tarmac of Mobile Regional Airport in Alabama hosted an unusual encounter in late February: former President Bill Clinton and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, exchanging pleasantries and holding forth on the state of an election that often included a stark prediction from Mr. Cruz on the stump.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "exchanged pleasantries" at the Group of 85033 (G-20) summit in Argentina on Friday, according to the White House.
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On the way, I text with A. about houses and text with my brother for the first time in months (we didn't really grow up together and have vastly different values and views, so pleasantries like this are rare and appreciated), and text my friend, F., to make a double date for next Wednesday where we'll share our news with them!
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In a breathlessly short period, McCray had gone from being a poet, wife and mother, with a job writing ad copy for a neighborhood hospital, to being first lady of New York City with a day-to-day schedule that could consist of everything from reading books to kindergartners in a classroom in East New York to exchanging pleasantries with Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge.
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Pleasantries are exchanged as Rivera wedges between anchors Peppermint and Trinity Taylor to promote her new book, Sorry Not Sorry, but things take a nasty turn when a nervous Charlie Hides asks the actress a harmless question about her claim that she lied to get a retail job before making it in Hollywood, but cuts her off with another question before she can get her answer out.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE "exchanged pleasantries" with GOP Senate candidate Kelli Ward at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Friday, according to a White House spokesperson.
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" Thirty minutes into what was shaping up to be a great first conversation ("We had instant chemistry, we really fell in well together," Mr. Purcell said), a man appeared at the bar who knew Ms. Bui and began exchanging pleasantries with her, much to the chagrin of Mr. Purcell, who thought that the man was operating as a spy, providing her a "safety net.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman posed next to each other for a photo of world leaders on Friday at the Group of 20 summit in Japan, exchanging pleasantries in the process.
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You can see the benefit of a good topic sentence in this paragraph from the complaint: "Multiple White House officials with direct knowledge of the call informed me that, after an initial exchange of pleasantries, the president used the remainder of the call to advance his personal interests....." With that first sentence, we know that this is going to be a paragraph about how the president used the phone call.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE combined pomp with pugnaciousness on Monday as he kicked off his first state visit to the United Kingdom by exchanging pleasantries with Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family soon after escalating his feud with London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
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Like buying coffee and exchanging pleasantries with a person waiting in line and how this could make Andrew feel human for the rest of the day, the fact that people were nice and decent and maybe he was nice and decent and maybe there was a nice and decent future ahead—all these nothing moments growing in number, tenuous yet taking shape around the void, the impression of life gradually becoming life.
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Each of the lounges operates both as a shop, with vape experts on staff to help you on your vape journey, and as a kind of neighborhood bar; with each new customer, there was a familiar greeting, an exchange of pleasantries, and the sense that it was one big smoky, weird-but-not-unpleasant-smelling family, united in the fact that they'd all quit cigarettes and now fear future governmental regulations would destroy their newfound habit and hobby.
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Vice President Pence on Thursday was caught on a microphone appearing to discuss President TrumpDonald John TrumpDemocrats outraged over White House lawyer's claim that some foreign involvement in elections is acceptable Senators take reins of impeachment trial in marathon question session White House announces task force to monitor coronavirus MORE's impeachment trial with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin (Bibi) NetanyahuMORE as the two exchanged pleasantries at a memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
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The White House released a memo that included a transcript of the call between Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky that is now the focus of an impeachment inquiry (the transcript is not fully complete and is not transcribed verbatim.) In the call on July 25, Trump congratulates Zelensky for his victory in the elections, the two exchange pleasantries, and then Trump said it "would be great" if the new Ukrainian president could help investigate Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden and his son, who was on the board of an oil company in Ukraine.
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Barack and Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaJuan Williams: Democrats finally hit Trump where it hurts Michelle Obama to present Lin-Manuel Miranda with the Portrait of a Nation Prize Michelle Obama thanks her high school for naming new athletic complex after her MORE, Bill and Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonThe exhaustion of Democrats' anti-Trump delusions Poll: Trump trails three Democrats by 22019 points in Colorado Soft levels of support mark this year's Democratic primary MORE, and Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were all seated in the front row of the National Cathedral, where they were seen exchanging pleasantries and laughs.
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