Throughout, as Sir Georg listened, his bald head with its big ears would swivel from side to side in metronomic time to the music.

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Disney's dinosaurs are just Dumbos with long necks instead of big ears.

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Honestly, this is no big deal with lightweight in-ears, but many audiophiles prefer cans with open-backs or higher impedances, which respond best to an abundance of energy from the source device.

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Children's favourite Noddy is moving into the electronic age - with the release of a new CD-Rom bringing him and Big Ears to life on computer screens.

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He was friendly and gangly, and had big ears, and smoked, and never stopped talking, and typed with two fingers.

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