Finally, while nodding to the expert nature of the Lords, you said it should call in the experts, not consist of them.

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But, as with bartenders who continue to ply drunken patrons with drinks, the Federal Reserve bears a heavy responsibility for creating loads of excess capital in the first place and the Bush White House for winking and nodding while the dollar was being debased.

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He translated for everyone, flipping between English and Mandarin while I stood there nodding and smiling and berating myself for having become just another clueless foreigner.

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It's always good to see the younger lads in their element, myself included, while the older guys do the experienced thing, standing at the bar and nodding their head to the occasional Bruce Springsteen song while reminiscing about the 1980s when electro-pop and shellsuits were all the rage, apparently.

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While their will likely be a lot of nodding, smiling and feigned interest in global cooperation, once the meeting ends, the leaders will probably just return to their respective countries and forge ahead with whatever plans they had previously anyway.

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While Big Ten football is turning out to be as sleep-inducing as whatever Rip took before nodding off, it's impossible to deny that the ND defense is for real.

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Nodding in that direction, Petersen is introducing two new lower-priced models this year, while expanding his base of dealers.

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