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

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Gun control groups gave the deal warm but not effusive praise, noting that unknown details and some pro-gun provisions gave them pause.

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And usually I'm not quite as effusive about things.

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The newly elected deputy convener SNP MSP Jamie Hepburn said the devil was in the detail and reflecting on the evidence received by committees who looked at the Welfare Reform bill "it is fair to say the evidence received has not exactly been effusive in its welcoming of the detail".

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His hosts could not have been warmer or more effusive, but people hear only the things they want to.

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Not surprisingly, Intel VP Sean Maloney was less effusive.

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But as the entrepreneur behind The 99, a comic book series of Muslim superheroes that come from not just the Middle East but every corner of the world, he is channeling his effusive energy more effectively.

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