In an intentional, yet gentle manner, Burns paralleled the stories of Ken Griffey, Jr. and Barry Bonds.

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"He epitomised the qualities of a Fijian Kingsman - strong yet gentle, compassionate, principled and honourable, and with a real sense of right and wrong, " the commanding officer said.

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Mr Cao trained as a priest, yet his gentle manner belies a tough fighting spirit.

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We all mourn his death and will miss his gentle yet keen sense of humour.

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It is the gentle yet penetrating lucidity of Mr Eugenides's writing that makes a slightly humdrum plot into so involving a novel.

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Warren's message is gentle yet uncompromising: God, not you, is in charge.

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Now 28, Riggs says he's still haunted by the story of a gentle, intelligent and yet monstrously deformed man shunned by society.

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Members of other faiths will, perhaps, always think of him in contradictory terms - immensely charming and gentle in his personal dealings with Muslim and Jewish leaders and yet capable of huge PR gaffes, such as the now infamous Regensburg speech of 2006 in which he was accused of describing the prophet Muhammed in less than flattering terms.

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And yet, Ray Emory doesn't look all that happy as he marches up one of Punchbowl's gentle slopes.

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