• No hint of being at war or under siege or standing firm in dark times.

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  • Often he was kept, crouching or standing, in a small cage on the stage.

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  • Let me tell you, they're works of art if you spend hours walking or standing on hard surfaces.

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  • They're perfect for shoring up unfilling salads and brothy soups, stuffing small birds and pork loins or standing in for rice in risottos.

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  • The idea is simple enough: When the other party adopts a certain seated or standing position, try to adopt a similar one yourself.

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  • But when you are walking the long corridors, or standing on the top deck, way above the sea, its size feels more real.

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  • It's not uncommon for a body part to go numb after staying in the same position for a long time, whether sitting or standing.

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  • Most of the region's banks do not offer direct debits or standing orders, so companies tend to take cheques for monthly instalments in advance.

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  • Mr. Ordas suggests performing exercises such as a seated or standing row with dumbbells or on a seated row machine to work the back muscles.

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  • He speaks reverently to his superiors, not scuffling his feet or standing on one leg, and he is mild and polite with those below him.

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  • Through fossil clubs and field trips to quarries, Prokopi got to know older hunters who spent their lives beachcombing or standing chest deep in muck, searching for bone.

    NEWYORKER: Bones of Contention

  • Inside the small reception area of the hospital there were a few people sitting in chairs or standing in the corridor but there was no screaming or sense of panic.

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  • Finally, Authority includes the number of links back to the influencers material from other sites, their position in other online ranking tools, and their respect or standing within the community.

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  • What it seems to boil down to is this: being left out of the loop is perceived as a signal that one has low status or standing in the group.

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  • Once inside, patrons have their choice of sitting in vintage, slatted-wood booths, which were resurrected from a New Orleans trolley graveyard, or standing at the bar to watch the skilled mixologists at work.

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  • Roger Maris had achieved a distinction that was far greater than any World Series victory, Most Valuable Player Award or standing ovation heard throughout the cavernous Yankee Stadium during his accomplished, yet abbreviated life.

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  • Ken Livingstone now has to choose between standing as an independent, splitting, betraying and damaging the party to which he has given his life, or standing down, accepting the end of his political career!

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  • Reconciling both of these views is a bit like walking a tightrope or standing in the middle of a see-saw: perfect balance is necessary to achieve the second in the face of the first.

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  • Watching the trial live on television, or standing outside the court building listening to the proceedings through loudspeakers, Filipinos did not know whether to laugh or cry, as a bumbling prosecution team ineptly set about trying to prove that Mr Estrada was a villain who should forthwith be removed from office.

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  • The most recent report, from the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB), recommended last year that people and businesses wanting to change banks should be able to switch accounts within seven days and provide a safety net to catch any stray direct debits or standing orders for a year after any account was switched.

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  • Like Google, it is in a different place than Facebook, or upstarts standing against it.

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  • Crew or Banana Republic, safe stores whose merchandise will prevent him from being ridiculed or from standing out too much.

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  • And they fear zealous prosecutors could start monitoring pregnant women for more mundane examples of unsafe conduct: drinking alcohol, driving fast, or even standing on a ladder.

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  • In fact, only one of the workers in the group of 40 or so standing around even knows that there's an election going on in the United States.

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  • California's top elected officials, Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris, are refusing to defend Proposition 8, and there is a question about whether the Proposition 8 supporters have the right, or legal standing, to defend the measure in court.

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  • An official version in the English language shall be provided of anything which, by this Constitution, or by any written law, or by the Standing Orders, is required to be printed or in writing, and such version shall, in addition to the official Malay version, be accepted as an authentic text.

    UNESCO: Brunei Darussalam

  • The next time you are on a subway or bus and are standing up holding onto a pole or railing lamenting the fact another person just got your seat, you may want to consider that standing up may actually be healthier for you, and could potentially increase your lifespan.

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  • The Griffin Twenty is a compact digital amplifier that brings the magic of AirPlay to a pair of bookshelf or floor-standing speakers, so you can beam audio wirelessly from a computer, iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

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  • Your feet aren't throbbing with pain because you've been standing or walking all day.

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