"I've absolutely no idea, " he says, before pausing.

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But, " Desmond said, pausing before adding, "it clearly wasn't the same.

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Pausing before he answered questions, drawing on a State Express 555 cigarette and talking in tones of measured reasonableness, he came across as the thinking man's soldier.

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Pausing before she passes judgment on the veracity of the clip, Virginia Heffernan of The New York Times wonders why it's animal suffering that goes viral and not footage of the human toll in war.

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Before the game, players went about their business in their quiet, plush clubhouse, pausing only occasionally to address the few reporters milling around.

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