When Palin tried to needle Biden, he often smiled it off and kept his focus on McCain or the Bush administration.

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Del Toro picked it up and smiled.

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He intimated that filling hotels is a matter of profile, and smiled when it was pointed out to him that the presence of so many Asian dignitaries could not but help put his place on the map.

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It wasn't until Rudolph smiled that Crisp recognized him.

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Carl Pistorius smiled and nodded, it adds.

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"I can see it, " Robert Jordan said and smiled again.

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He knew for certain that her purpose had not been to harm the tiger, that she had smiled knowingly at him when it became obvious that the tiger had escaped.

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Dad smiled and repainted, never quite getting it right.

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" I smiled, and she added, "It's a good thing no one overheard me.

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The new guy smiled and shook hands with everybody, but it looked like an insincere, almost condescending smile and the handshake was soft and slippery.

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Afterward, Boeheim reminisced at length, but he also smiled and tried to act as if he wasn't going to miss it.

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Pineda smiled and said the ball was still in his car as he left to get it repaired on Wednesday.

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