The secrecy was serious: when he spoke of spirits, his smiling face became deadly sober and even scared.

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Seeing his always smiling face, and him seeing me approaching, brought out joy in each of us social beings who have been in a lack of social encounters.

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His smiling, tender face glistens as much as his fair, curly hair.

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He is smiling, and his face looks a little swollen.

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The last glimpse Venezuelans had of their leader was last month when the government released a series of photographs that showed a smiling Chavez -- his face bloated -- lying on a blue pillow, flanked by his two daughters.

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Amid all the solemnity and pageantry, there was a moment of tenderness as the king crowned his new queen, touching her face and smiling.

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He was smiling under the blackness that shone on his face, and he leaned over me and seemed to shriek.

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The expression on his face was vacant, stunned with sorrow, but before long he was smiling.

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