With a ramrod-straight back and hands neatly clasped in her lap, we gradually broke into conversation.

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If your pie is green, or stands ramrod straight when cut, then just push it back.

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Johnson maintained his ramrod-straight bearing through it all, and keeps a grin on his face.

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As they filed in, Simpson stood ramrod straight, tilting slightly forward on the balls of his feet, his double breasted jacket unbuttoned.

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But once or twice in every song, he would put his horn to his lips, stand ramrod straight, and play sweet, fast notes that danced in the air.

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When he found it, he stuffed it into the muzzle with shaking hands that seemed to be darting everywhere with the sheer force of terror, and fumbled for the ramrod.

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Pistorius, in the same gray suit, blue shirt and gray tie combination he has worn throughout the bail hearing, stood ramrod straight in the dock, then sat calmly looking at his hands.

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If he is really serious about preventing this famine, he should designate an individual with Hooveresque abilities to ramrod this massive relief effort, a person who will have the full authority of our government to mobilize and direct whatever resources are necessary.

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The blacksmith had the ramrod out and he was shoving it into the muzzle, pumping and pumping and pumping furiously, his hand already on the trigger, and he was ready to fire, strangely calm with the tiger there, almost on him, its whiskers so close and surprisingly bright and rigid.

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