She smiled determinedly, even a bit frantically, her lips stretched over perhaps bad teeth.

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Viana pursed his lips and ran his hand over his bald head, as if he still had hair and was smoothing it, a gesture from the past.

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Cook gently interrogates with his lips pursed and hands held out over the oak tag.

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The back of my throat went on tightening, and other muscles lower down my neck joined in, tugging at my lips, trying to stretch them over my teeth.

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His every gesture is being pawed over for meaning, and correspondents say his lips would be dry during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which ended on 15 December.

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To the Dutchman's disdain the free-kick went to the home side but the abrasive gestures, which are becoming a Mourinho trademark after he put his finger to his lips in the Carling Cup win over Liverpool, were not finished.

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So we plan to come to Comdex over the next few years till Dubai is on every businessman's lips.

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"As I was walking back through the crowd it was the word on everyone's lips, " Sally Anne Aldous, 29, told CNN over the phone.

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That seems to be the main question on the lips of aid workers, diplomats and a variety of officials I have been speaking to here over the past few days.

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The over-size glasses covered a good half of the mannequin's face, coming almost down to its lips.

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