He blinked, looked away from Winfrey, and with his lip trembling, struggled to compose himself.

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At one point Tuesday, the judge paused proceedings and told a sobbing Mr. Pistorius to compose himself.

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There were four hours before his flight was due to leave Dallas, but Mozeliak needed to go somewhere to compose himself.

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The ball fell kindly for Fitzpatrick but, with time to compose himself, he headed over an empty net from eight yards.

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The ball looped up and fell to the unmarked Harewood, who had plenty of time to compose himself before striking the fourth.

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The Hall of Middle Harmony was a kind of backstage area where the emperor stopped to compose himself and consult with ministers before entering the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

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Armstrong paused to compose himself before a final mea culpa.

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Watson paused several times to compose himself before allowing that out of respect for Augusta National and the traditions of the Masters, he didn't involve the green jacket in any of his free-spirited antics, like playing barefoot, or in the famous Golf Boys videos he does with fellow pros Ben Crane, Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan.

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Characteristically, he taught himself to compose music at the age of nine, and wrote a number of pieces over the years, some of which were recorded.

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But even the Master himself, who took around a quarter of a century (on and off) to compose the thing, had problems defining what the ending in flame and flood really meant.

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