Ushered into the living room by the secretary after a quarter of an hour, Husna gazed around her, as petitioners do, more tense than curious, taking in the worn gold brocade on the sofa, a large Chinese painting of horsemen over the rosewood mantel.
More curious than where I saw the ad touting the streamlined bottle was the content and intent of the ad, which tries to convince beer-drinkers that the shape of the bottle is a worthwhile reason to give up other imported brews and come back to Heineken.
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This allegation, not included in the Starr referral, is even more curious than the previous one, because it's based on a novel legal theory, which is -- jeopardizes all lawyers in the building -- which is that a client has an enforceable obligation to correct his attorney's alleged misstatements, and if he doesn't make those corrections, he, the client, will be held liable to charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Obviously they expected to meet more than the crowd of curious villagers gathered along the banks of the Mekong River.
Access to Google's Glass headsets is still limited to a lucky few, but that's more than enough to include several curious coders.
Recently I've been curious to find out more than what's in Israel's mainstream media.
Apple customers are people who are intellectually curious and more comfortable with emotions than the average person.
When I wear my shorts in public in the summer, my artificial leg often attracts curious questions and genuine interest rather than fear.
Those living in California may be curious to know that for more than two centuries their homeland was not attached to the West Coast mainland but was thought to be an island, drifting free in the Pacific.
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This commitment is smaller than a dollar subscription, but still separates the curious from the customers.
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He is intellectually curious, more comfortable in the spotlight than Miss Megawati, and widely viewed as a man of integrity who would be strong in times of crisis.
Governments are willing to bear these higher costs to avoid the kind of dumping and capital flight that took place during the Asian crisis, but it is curious that local investors require more compensation than international investors.
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Tania Harrison, who has commissioned more shows this year than ever before, describes her programme as "a curious adventure".
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leaves you colder than it should, and it shouldn't leave you cold at all.
For his much ballyhooed outpost here, he chose a curious Lower East Side space that has housed more than one failed Asian expansion project (Bia Garden, Rhong-Tiam).
"Haddon's book was the 'people's choice' for the best book of 2003 as the public went on to buy over four times as many copies of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time than the Man Booker 2003 winner Vernon God Little, " said Mr Pack.
Of course, this could simply be the result of some long-term planning rather than evidence of the next iPhone, but the timing is a bit curious to say the least.
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Such curious passions suggest that Jobs managed to force us to face far deeper issues than we care to admit.
One can't help but be a little curious as to why the issue wasn't raised at that time rather than at this particular time and a Democrat colleague of hers on the commission has strongly endorsed both her nomination for the chairmanship and her performance as a commissioner.
The heartthrob actor proved he's more than just a pretty face when he earned a Best Actor nomination for his work in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
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It is curious that almost seven years after he became his party's leader and more than two years after he became Prime Minister, David Cameron felt that those were the questions he had to answer today.
The block grant cuts are especially curious because House Republicans say they support the oncept, which provides states with far more flexibility than typical federal programs.
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Seen in motion, this is at once a powerful skeleton clock and a curious astronomical one, a gift to anyone for whom a modern clock can do so much more than just tell the time.
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