He drank, and silently busied himself with the complex rituals of a pipe smoker.

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There was also a young boy, who busied himself distributing glasses and pouring tea.

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While Johnson busied himself in attack, Manuel Fernandes did his best to disturb Arsenal's midfield with a gritty performance.

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With no formal education, he busied himself as a sharecropper and day-labourer, working on railways and in mines until the Depression hit.

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Li busied himself with acquiring cheap factories, residential and office buildings.

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Six months later Ecuadorians elected Correa, who, among other things, has busied himself trying to vacuum up the "windfall profits" of the remaining private oil operations.

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