Heavy-lidded eyes cast down, he concentrates intently on a book, with the deep, swirling folds of his enveloping red cloak serving as a visible metaphor for the cocoon of his ecstatic absorption.

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About 41 percent of voters age 18-24 cast ballots in November, down 7 percentage points from 2008.

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The case has cast an unwelcome spotlight on Steubenville, a small, down-on-its-luck town along the banks of the Ohio River.

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As recently as the 1950s a character called Frank the Frame Burner drove his horse and cart around London collecting cast-off 19th-century gilt frames to melt down.

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After an American missile destroyed the Saddam Tower (a telecommunications mast with a revolving restaurant), Mr Hussein had the pieces of the missile gathered up, melted down and then cast into agonised portraits of the leaders of the anti-Iraq coalition.

ECONOMIST: Monumental

Interestingly, analysts are theorizing that the DRM-era may actually be winding down in favor of "blanket licensing, " which was cast aside just years ago in favor of the "per purchase" approach.

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On the way, Hytner moved as he thinks at speed breezing out of his office, past his administrative staff at their desks, through a warren of poster-lined hallways, down in an elevator, and into Rehearsal Room 1, where the cast was waiting for him.

NEWYORKER: Curtain-Raiser

"If your car breaks down on Election Day ... if something happens ... you have already cast your ballot -- you'll feel good about yourself, " Obama told supporters at a rally last week in Indianapolis.

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The Government Accountability Office has also cast doubt on a proposal--supported by Democrats and the administration--to lower the down payment requirement for FHA-insured loans, given the greater default risk on those loans.

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