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  • US banking executives used to be the stars of Davos, but the last two years they were a low-key, humble and dour-looking group.

    Don Tapscott: The State of the World: 10 Belated Reflections on 2011 Davos Don Tapscott 2011

  • "When we're distributing water, these guys help out a lot," said a firefighter as he nodded toward the dour-looking soldier.

    Aid Reaches Battered Areas, Unevenly Matt Moffett 2010

  • An august-looking, yellow-robe-bedecked Hranrarii emerged, flanked by a pair of dour-looking, standard cops or bodyguards.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • There was a somber rendering of "The Last Supper" over the mantel in the living room, and an image of a dour-looking baby in a halo called "Christ Child" in Sonja's bedroom.

    African American artist John Farrar's family finds his work a troubled legacy Annys Shin 2010

  • An august-looking, yellow-robe-bedecked Hranrarii emerged, flanked by a pair of dour-looking, standard cops or bodyguards.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • "When we're distributing water, these guys help out a lot," said a firefighter as he nodded toward the dour-looking soldier.

    Aid Reaches Battered Areas, Unevenly Matt Moffett 2010

  • The headline in the New York Times, "Obama Completes Arms Deal With Russia," and the photo of him proud and upright at the podium, flanked by a beaming Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (standing nearby) and oddly dour-looking Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (a few steps away) was a good indication of the potential for new energy represented by ending all those interminable months of wrangling -- and worrying -- on health care.

    Deal With Russia Shows World Will See a New Obama This Year 2010

  • The dour-looking flight controller, Commander Jack Stetmann, appeared on-screen and reported the following sequence of “events” to brief them:

    Delta Anomaly Rick Barba 2010

  • The headline in the New York Times, "Obama Completes Arms Deal With Russia," and the photo of him proud and upright at the podium, flanked by a beaming Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (standing nearby) and oddly dour-looking Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (a few steps away) was a good indication of the potential for new energy represented by ending all those interminable months of wrangling -- and worrying -- on health care.

    Steve Kettmann: Deal With Russia Shows World Will See a New Obama This Year 2010

  • Monday is jazz jam night and so, as we ate, we watched a parade of dour-looking musicians carrying sax and guitar cases through the restaurant to engage in musical combat.

    Restaurant review: Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec Jay Rayner 2010

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