The young lady next to me from Mexico noticed the actions of the Delta flight attendant about my headset and shrugged her shoulders apologetically and shook her head in a gesture of empathy.

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"George Nassau, Third Earl Cowper" (1772-3) is another of the artist's masterpieces a bold formal portrait of a standing figure holding his hat above his head in a gesture that might be awkward, but somehow isn't.

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The head tilt is a universal gesture of giving the other person an ear.

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And Mr Zardari, as a conciliatory gesture, offered to send the head of the ISI, Lieut-General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, to Delhi.

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Cut to Lang Lang, in his red tuxedo, pounding away at the piano, head thrown back, lifting his right hand in a gesture of ecstasy, while the masses applaud.

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Viana pursed his lips and ran his hand over his bald head, as if he still had hair and was smoothing it, a gesture from the past.

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With Motion Gesture, customers can initiate a phone call from a text message by simply raising the phone to their head, or they can pause a video by covering the display with their hand, and even get to the top of an email message and contact list.

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