His idea, ahead of its time, was greeted with a yawn by biologists.

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GTE, proclaim their excitement about their corporate marriage, Wall Street and the telecoms industry has reacted with a yawn.

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Its long awaited Windows 8 operating system was welcomed by the market with a yawn amidst rapidly declining PC sales and general apathy.

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The precious metals reacted with a yawn to news that European officials late Monday agreed to give Greece another shot of bailout money.

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How embarrassing it would be for France's politicians if their leap into the modern age was greeted not with enthusiasm but with a yawn.

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The public has greeted it with a yawn.

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Even her refusal to show up for candidate debates was met with a collective yawn.

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All of which was greeted with a collective yawn.

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"Three quarters of the electorate, roughly, when presented with this proposition, could barely stifle a yawn, " he said, hinting that plans for Lords reform would also fail to engage voters.

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In my first tweet, sent the night before the unemployment figure was released, I wrote: "Tomorrow unemployment numbers for Sept. with all the assumptions Labor Department can make..wonder about participation assumption??" The response was a big yawn.

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