On Tuesday he was a little less effusive in his self-praise, mostly because he was fielding questions about his lame-duck status.

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She mesmerizes colleagues with a mixture of soft-spoken gentility and effusive warmth.

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He visited devastation in New Jersey with Governor Chris Christie, a fervent Romney-backer who has been effusive in his praise of Obama since the disaster began.

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It's the cue for effusive guide Fridjon Thorleifsson to introduce the surrounding Columbia Icefield, a 77-square-mile web of six silvery tentacles between Jasper and Banff, and the largest ice cap south of the Arctic Circle.

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Even so, some well-placed Tory officials and party members are effusive, even if only in private, about Patrick Phillips, a former high sheriff of the county and rival candidate.

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Her staff comprises a collection of mostly young women, practical yet fashionable, like their leader, efficient but not effusive.

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