Afterward, Boeheim reminisced at length, but he also smiled and tried to act as if he wasn't going to miss it.

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On Tuesday, Mayweather was occasionally showered with boos from the pro-Cotto crowd, but each time he smiled, as if unruffled.

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He smiled, but with a look of utter confidence and not a trace of nervousness.

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"I asked McClaren who would be the next England captain, but was told nothing, he just smiled at me, " said Benitez.

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Obama smiled through the attacks, but he was less generous with his praise than he'd been during their previous meeting in Mississippi.

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Mr Smith smiled, but looking all the while as though he'd just had a gulp of embalming fluid.

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But when the nurse explained that they were there to take her home, her face flushed and she smiled, he said.

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