• "I take some satisfaction in being right, " he says, with a faint chuckle.

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  • "Don't try to be like them, " said the 26-year-old with a round face and a faint mustache.

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  • Over them he buttoned a cuff-frayed and graying black cassock with its faint stink of him, waisted it with a hand-wide black cincture, snapped on a starched white Roman collar, and laced on his ankle-high black walking shoes.

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  • Equipped with a flat underside and cupped upper shell that resembles a skewed dome, they are etched with faint concentric lines that recall growth spurts.

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  • "Stuck in a Moment" is an inspirational number that combines a modern-day gospel feel with an ascending horn line and a slightly faint, yet powerfully flavorful organ.

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  • But coming off the bottom of the table now looks a faint hope with the Dons seven points adrift of Killie with three games remaining.

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  • On a recent Sunday morning, after services at the tiny Lebanon Lutheran Church in Amidon, local farmers talked about their plight with a mixture of exasperation and faint hope.

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  • One night, as I walked down a street in Chiang Mai, Thailand with a girlfriend to a bar we were meeting friends at, I became aware of the faint sound of footsteps behind me.

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  • As Old Trafford celebrated at the final whistle, Ancelotti cut a predictably disconsolate figure with only the very faint prospect of challenging United for the title left in his attempts to follow up the Premier League and FA Cup Double he claimed in his first season.

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  • Scientists have used chromophores for decades to detect chemicals, but, until Fido, they weren't sensitive enough to detect trace explosives because each molecule of TNT vapor would switch off just a single chromophore, with the result that faint wisps of evil chemicals caused no visible change in luminosity.

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  • Northern Ireland's faint hopes of qualifying were extinguished with a 1-0 defeat to Spain.

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  • Second-place Borussia Dortmund kept up their faint hopes of retaining their title with a 3-0 win at home to fourth-place Frankfurt.

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  • The sky beyond is washed with strokes of cobalt and cerulean blue, and a faint but perceptible smell of aniseed and wild garlic hangs in the air.

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  • One faint hope for the protestors lies with a local historian whose book claims that the Battle of Hastings was actually held on the route of the road near Crowhurst - a possibility dismissed as "ridiculous" by the council.

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  • Subsequent observations with an infra-red telescope, which can see things that are too cool to shine with visible light, showed that it was a very faint star so faint that it is off the bottom of astronomers' scale of stellar classification.

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  • Sussex's run chase began poorly with Chris Nash caught at mid-on and Yardy getting a faint edge pushing forward.

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  • It is a result that may not suit either side with Villa's faint hopes of Champions League qualification all but extinguished and Everton's drive toward the Europa League spots losing momentum.

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  • The 36-year-old reached 46 before he got a faint edge to a lifting ball from Broad, leaving him with only one half century in his last 10 ODI matches.

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  • Sevilla moved up to eighth place with a 3-0 win over Espanyol that further dented the Barcelona-based side's faint hopes of European qualification.

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  • Nothing is ironed, and there is a faint stain on the skirt that is yesterday's lunchtime soup ineffectually rubbed off with a Kleenex.

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  • On a continent where being very rich still carries faint implications of impropriety, many Europeans feel uneasy with the idea of competing to demonstrate public generosity.

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  • He described a man who, though he frequently wrestled with doubt, gave voice to the voiceless and courage to the faint of heart.

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  • But give it the Glacial treatment and what you are left with is just a sensation rather than a flavour, a cool, snappy, crisp crackle of biscuity malt and a faint impression of hops, and all of the sweetness and flavour flattened by serving it just above freezing.

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