"This is a place that the whole world is watching, so of course it seems quiet on the surface, " said Nam, who guides tours to Panmungak.

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Although four parties formed an electoral pact this week and earlier launched a puzzling, failed attempt to secure a no-confidence vote in parliament, it seems curiously quiet.

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By nature, though, it seems Giggs is quiet.

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Because it seems so far it's almost like a quiet crisis.

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But there seems to have been something about his quiet batting that meant the selectors always found it easy to drop him.

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Mr Ahmadinejad, it seems, is out to prove that his punchy chauvinism, rather than Mr Khatami's quiet diplomacy, will win the Islamic Republic its rightful place in the sun.

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The main square, Romerplatz, seems to be enjoying its last few hours of quiet, in the knowledge that it is about to endure three days of the Three Lions chorus.

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It seems like almost any activitythat forces the problem-solving areas of the brain to engage and DMN to quiet down (diving into work you love, or maybe even attempting a Sudoku) might be able to help keep the brain healthy for longer.

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