They read an occasional book or moved around a stack of papers to look occupied.

他们在看闲书，或者不停的摆弄着一叠文件，为的是让自己看上去很忙的样子。

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Matt shared with me that he often misses the small things about being in school, like writing papers and the occasional homework assignment.

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He had been a columnist for several Californian papers in the 1950s and always said, with great charm, that he had also been an occasional correspondent for The Economist.

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