Your boss may cross his arms for any number of reasons, but when the gesture is coupled with a frown, and if he pulls back or rotates his torso away from you, you now have a composite picture and reinforcement to conclude that he is resistant to whatever you just proposed.

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Every time they go ashore, the first one says with a severe Viking frown, they must turn their tags on the tag board from green to red.

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Highlights include a 15th-century bronze bust of a young man with tightly braided hair and almond-shaped eyes, his lips forming a subtle frown.

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In the study of frowning, Dr. Finzi injected Botox into the frown muscles of half of a group of 74 people diagnosed with depression, which prevented these patients from frowning.

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Finally, the bowl-shaped device comes with a "ceramic-style" finish to complement your mantelpiece, from where it can frown down upon cheaper, fatter alternatives like Toshiba's Canvio Personal Cloud.

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