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They both went in a great hurry, and when they were gone the house seemed dreadfully quiet and empty, and the children wandered from one room to another and looked at the bits of paper and string on the floors left over from the packing, and not yet cleared up, and wished they had something to do.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Five Children and It'
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Bersani would boost his prospects of winning over Grillo lawmakers by packing his proposed Cabinet with non-political names, said Walston, a professor at American University of Rome.
NPR: Italy's Bersani Tapped To Form New Government
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To the uninitiated, this deliberation might appear approximately as consequential as the rarified ecclesiastical debates of the Middle Ages over the angel-packing capacity of the heads of pins.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Peace dividend on wings of the Osprey
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But as he looked out over the thousands of demonstrators packing Bogota's Plaza de Bolivar on Wednesday, the president must have wished he too could take a day off.
ECONOMIST: Colombia
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According to Afghan and American officials, Karzai decided to remove Bismillah Khan as Army chief over fears that he was packing the middle ranks of the Afghan officer corps with fellow Jamiat officers who might be more loyal to him than to the Afghan state.
NEWYORKER: After America
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His best packing tip: Go over the itinerary in your mind in detail, including everyone you plan to meet, before you put anything in your bag.
WSJ: What's in Your Bag?
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Think of it like back-packing through Europe for the over 35 set.
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To be safe, Russian officials have been packing reserve snow into underground storage facilities for over a year.
WSJ: Menu
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Down the road, at a date-packing factory, the manager proudly recalls the days when he supervised exports all over the world.
ECONOMIST: Iraq
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The current situation is preposterous: The brightest and best brains from all over the globe are attracted to American universities, but once they get their degrees America sends them packing.
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